Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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"Bally’s is underperforming, and neither the city, nor the police and firefighter’s pension funds that were supposed to be bolstered by its revenue, can afford it."
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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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.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Actually I believe that the new casino which will open in late August, early September, in Rockford, Illinois will be a big hit. Hard Rock Casino is located immediately off of the I 39/90 corridor and is nicely situated between the Madison, Wi Ho Chunk and the Elgin property. Hard Rock will be easier to get to than both and there is a ton of traffic passing by everyday. Chicago decides to build at Chicago and Halsted which is not convenient and is somewhat in a less than ideal location. The new Hard Rock will have restaurants and entertainment along… Read more »
There is always a risk about betting on gambling. There is such a proliferation of gambling options, casinos, video, online and so on. The gambling pie of bettors is of a certain size and will not entice those of us who don’t see the allure and pitfalls of gambling. The pie is being split into so many pieces that the return gets diminished. Hoping to fund employees pensions with gambling returns is a bad bet, as was the lottery funding education.
Chicago and the State of Illinois has rolled
Snake eyes!
Unless Bally’s can start accepting Link Cards, it’s over the state has taxed the people into poverty.