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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.
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.
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There is an explanation for your ridiculously high PT bill. You have to pay for bloat in IL governmental offices for employees and retirees. Bloat includes excessively high salaries, pensions, health care benefits, number of employees, number of departments, number of offices, etc.
All thanks to Ptell.
The explanation is that they hate you.
Come to the southwest suburbs, Will, Dupage, Kane etc stop your crying every year 300 400 500 dollar increases without fail crushing my a-s in Park Forest
Maybe Taxwinkle will fly in clad in her magic cape and give you a “ guaranteed income “ check? Probably not.
Agreed. My wife did a Zillow search on our old house in Will County and saw the taxes are now $5 shy of $14K/yr. “The bill had gone from $1,162.32 due in March to $4,706.75 due in August.” Boo Hoo Hoo. I shall rosin up the world’s smallest violin and play a sad tune for you Mr. Byrnes. “Although Byrnes lives frugally and considers himself fortunate to be able to make the payments, he feels angry that his tax bill has shot up while his property’s value hasn’t. He’s trying to understand how these two realities can coexist.” Those state… Read more »
How many of these people have voted for democrats in the recent past. If you voted for a democrat, you voted for this. So shut up and pay your bills or lose your house. Nobody cares.
Wait until this guy Kaegi gets ahold of the reassessment for the northern suburbs. Those leafy liberal suburbs will be oinking.