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There will be about a 10-15 percent increase in your electric bill, and it will stay that way for the next year. ComEd says because of factors like extreme weather and spikes from high energy users - like data centers - demand is outpacing supply and costs are getting more expensive.
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
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
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
Bullschite. JB the Hutt and the Climate Clerics demanded that the cheap, reliable coal fired power plants be sacrificed on the altar of the Climate Religion. The bill is due.
But let’s keep pushing that electric vehicles/ appliances/ data centers initiative.
The increase is just another disguised tax. ComEd gets money as well as the politicians in the form of taxes or fee revenue. And just like the tollway, the rates will never go down. There is no reason to lower fees – Illinois politicians could care less about the people actually footing the bill.
Not to worry, the feds say the inflation rate this year is 2.3 percent so far. (Just don’t try to buy a new car, renew your insurance rates, go grocery shopping, pay your medical bills, etc. Perhaps those costs weren’t considered in the estimate.)