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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.
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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.
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Johnson is trying to defund the police. He wants to take money from CPD, instead of hiring more police. He’s got to protect his homies.
I am no fan of the police. I understand their necessity, but have too often been exposed to terrible behavior. What I don’t understand is the lack of strategy for lifting Chicago up… what is the opportunity that the Johnson administration is creating for poor Chicago residents? What businesses is he bringing to the city to create opportunity?
Johnson is a buffoon. Not much more to say by now. Law enforcement is not the sickness, it is trying to contain the sickness of crime, especially violent crime. CPD has its issues to be sure, but they are made into the bogeyman because it’s easier than blaming those who choose to commit crime.