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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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Could it be Johnson does realize the value of Shotspotter but made a political promise to pander to those who don’t, honored his misguided promise and now seeks cover with a different brand of similar technology? We know he does love red light and speed revenue cameras. Maybe a Shotspotter like equivalent that charges the shooter by the bullet if apprehended?
Any bets that the replacement is minority owned and has a better “ business relationship “ with the fifth floor at City Hall?