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Gary is the second city in Indiana to drop its sanctuary city policy. Last month, officials in East Chicago, Indiana, repealed their sanctuary city policy to comply with the state’s ban on sanctuary jurisdictions.
Summary and audio linked here.
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.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Amazing how,long it takes for democrats to realize what dummies they for passing the inane legislation they adore
If you’re seeking sanctuary in GARY, IN, you might as well stay in Venezuela. It’s probably safer.
Well, to be fair, it’s not like there is a housing shortage in Gary so it doesn’t have room for them…
A city is not allowed to flout state law??
What a concept!