Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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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.
Rich Miller was half right, Don Harmon, Chris Welch blow.
I was considering donating to Democrat U.S. Representative Brad Schneider’s opponent in the 10th district, Jim Carris. I looked at his website: pro-abortion, anti-“assault weapon,” so uh-uh.
How much came from governor WIDE-LOAD.
So, as McCombie has shown, all one has to do is lend their campaign fund $100,000 and then repay it a few days later. In a more perfect situation laws would be written to correct this type of situation but this is Illinois and in Illinois corruption and unethical behavior rule providing just another reason to leave the State.
It’s a One Party State and this is the result. No surprise.
Exactly, Frank. Give credit where credit is due. Miller has pointed out clearly here one facet of this one-party state.
The dopey voter/taxpayer is supposed to get excited that they have a choice between old school Madigan dem “machine” and “new machine” progressive CTU/Brandon types when in fact they’re one and the same….so depressing.
Democrats have also become the political party of the millionaires and billionaires. Kamala has out raised Trump by hundreds of millions. To the extent that the state has any conservative ultra-wealthy remaining, most, but not all, of the conservative donor class is known for being notoriously stingy with their money. There’s a handful of conservatives that are extremely generous (and if you’re reading this, thank you, you know who you are) but many others, understandably, want to see a measurable return on their donations, which is often hard to quantify. Ultra wealthy on the other hand dole out money freely… Read more »