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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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The way to a lower crime rate is simply not report it. Works great for some municipalities and would similarly work on the gang issue as well. Simply don’t report gang related crime and viola…no gang crime.
Lots of evidence for gang activity (sorry lawmakers) in the Capitol.
Denver said the same thing……oops
Why is this NOT reassuring? I’m not certain where the social media rumors are coming from — I follow a couple of Facebook pages devoted to Springfield area crime, accidents and other incidents and haven’t seen any mention of Venezuelan gangs yet. Nevertheless, we’ve seen this happen before in other cities: the police deny there’s any problem, then they admit to “isolated” incidents, then they admit to a “handful” of incidents, etc. etc.
Or, it’s all just another fever dream, like Dog eating Haitian illegals
“ What’s a handful of violent, psychotic criminals amongst the taxpayers?”say the Dems.
As the Denver mayor said, “Well the gangs have taken over only a handful of apartment buildings”. Just a handful……