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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.
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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.
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Bang-Bang Maria Hadden! This Marxist-activist alderwoman thinks if she ignores her ward’s street-crime problems, if she suppresses info on shootings in ward, then both the street-crime and those pesky shootings didn’t really happen. Must be fake news, from some random MAGA person, figment of some conservative suburbanite’s vivid imagination. For Hadden, never acknowledged means never happened, means no aldermanic action or response needed. For her, noting crime activity is racist, and complaining about crime is white privileged elitism. Woke Edgewater residents elected Hadden, proudly voted for Brandon, and think a little street-crime exposure is part of urban experience. That said,… Read more »
I have left-wingnut family friends that live in this neighborhood. There’s a lot of liberals in this neighborhoods. They want their kids to be raised in a diverse neighborhood. There are safe diverse neighborhoods, but Edgewater is not one of them. I hope they stay safe, but they should be forced to bear the consequences of their stupidity.
Hmm……I smell a Section 8 housing complex. Once the northside swirls down the bowl you can kiss Chicago goodbye.