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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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Isn’t it already illegal to interfere with police?
I’d say make the distance the same as what was used for last summer’s Democrat convention. But I’ll take 14 feet. Seems like a reasonable accommodation.
How about the state line? That seems even better.
Ok ding bat get out your tape measures Jesus nothing better to propose
Why would you be against a law that demands that law enforcement be given enough room to perform their duty? I guess you are pro criminal like so many in Chicago. I support giving room between “protesters” and law enforcement doing their job. We get the government we deserve with voters such as yourself.
Come on now…Keicher has a lot of good ideas and things to propose.
Unfortunately he can’t get much passed with the nutball democrats in Springfield. Democrats look at anything proposed by a republican and just say no immediately. They likely don’t even read the bill.
This one makes sense as it gives Law Enforcement space to work and also gives them the power to move these nut-cases back without worrying about hurting their feelings.