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"So let’s recap. Pritzker had just declared gerrymandering a threat to democracy. He followed up by making a joke of his own unparalleled gerrymandering."
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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Boy this guy talks out of both sides of his mouth. Don’t need a political translator to know he’s an outright liar
When the Princeton Gerrymandering Project gives you an “F” for fair maps — after you gerrymander the state you govern — you are the last one who should criticize gerrymandering elsewhere.
https://gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistricting-report-card?planId=receAu6OJuYEkxKjG
Love Turley.
HIs Largeness just validated he is not a serious candidate for the Presidency.