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Some attorneys general have organized a roadshow to take their cases directly to voters. On March 20, five attorneys general—Mayes, Ellison, Kwame Raoul of Illinois, Letitia James of New York and New Jersey’s Matthew Platkin—spoke to more than 1,000 people, almost all of them Democrats, gathered at a high school in suburban St. Paul, Minn.
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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Clowns to the left of me, jokers in this fight
Stuck in the middle with you….
Are they really? They have lost in the appeals process. Repeatedly.
Too bad Kwamo can’t keep his az in Springfield and do the job he was elected to do. Impeach this clown that is more interested in disturbing s —t hither and yon and wasting taxpayer dollars on stupid lawsuits than going after the rampant corruption in IL. Like Dolton, he will ignore the recent bs uncovered in Harvey. POS.
Who pays for Raol’s and his buddies’ out of state pity party?