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The former speaker reported to a federal prison camp in Morgantown, West Virginia, last month after losing the fight to remain free while his newly hired high-profile team of appellate lawyers work on overturning his conviction
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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And it has been said, when pigs fly …
How was this corrupt King Illinois Dem able to operate for over 30+ years and not get caught?!
Did the Illinois AG EVER look into his criminal activity?!
When are the Feds going to charge the Illinois Dem Party as a criminal enterprise?!
Good – rot in jail you crook.