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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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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has made it clear that if someone on a foreign student visa and you decide you are anti America and cause trouble you asked to leave. Universities would be wise to prevent pro hamas demonstrations. The article is spreading fear more than facts , the sun times article. We don’t need to import anti semitism and anti American students
Maybe they need to follow the requirements of their visa and the schools need to follow federal requirements.
Will open up spots for US citizens