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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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Shifting the curfew to an earlier time will allow the Chicago thugs to see better, since it’ll be lighter out when they’re shooting; that way, they can improve their shooting accuracy.
We live among animals. Although I do hate demeaning animals
I’m amazed NBC5 actually quoted Brendon Reilly for pointing the finger at where the fault really lies-lack of parental responsibility. Of course they also balanced that by quoting a resident who said he feels safe even with the street taken over, cars speeding and spinning, and shootings.
Why not just ban teens from the streets entirely, open a free shooting range and let them practice.
And no mention that a plate check of a car screaming down a one way street the wrong way afte shooters were caught on camera piling into it came back to a “ violence interruptor “.