Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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In their lawsuit, Republicans have noted that the results of the two elections since that ruling have demonstrated just how successful Democrats were in using the maps to entrench their political power. They noted that in 2022, Republican candidates collectively "won a majority - 50.9 percent - of the statewide votes. And in 2024, Republicans claimed 45 percent of the statewide vote, amid the election of President Donald Trump. Yet in both elections, Democrats won and held a supermajority in the Illinois state House and Senate.
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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
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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.
Timely? Oh jeez. Rotsa ruck with the political animals inhabiting the Illinois Supremes’ bench.
Maps need to be redone. Districts with suburbs included in Chicago districts! District need to be contained, without “finger”, based on population numbers only.
Unfortunately the Illinois Supreme Court has been bought and paid for by JB with millions of dollars at the last election donated to get the Democrats in control. Sadly the Illinois Supreme Court will do nothing to fix this gerrymandering in IL and continue to drive Illinois down the toilet.