Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Our attorney, who has a lot of expertise on religious corporations, says that no church in the U.S. needs a license to operate. A church does not even have to register with a State or the federal government. However, a church that is not registered probably cannot offer tax exempt receipts for donations. If it does give such receipts, the IRS might challenge them
Doltan , Harvey, and a whole bunch more.
Get out the hot buttered popcorn, the big
S… Show is starting and it’s going to be good.
This has been a long time coming. We’re just seeing the effects of it now because it’s actually being reported on.
These towns are “failed places” à la Khartoum, Havana, Johannesburg, Caracas… in common they are all run by corrupt thieving “administrators”…
I don’t see anything wrong with paying for a business license. $700 is outrageous, for sure, but that’s cost of voting Democrat for decades, and allowing their neighborhood to turn to blight.
Most likely this is where much of the money goes to. Here’s some info about the school district. Scroll thru the various sections like students/proficiency/etc.
https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/District.aspx?source=trends&Districtid=07016152002