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"It is not the law-and-order city. Instead, the liberal politically correct Democrats who have followed the Daleys now refuse to punish repeat violent lawbreakers. The Democrats have become George Soros Social Justice Warriors and the newspapers reflect the progressive view."
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.
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.
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Well, maybe just one day Leftist white woman will stop voting for lawless Democrats. Till then, it’s the wild west in Chicago. Get CC if you are serious.
A convicted felon, stole money from clients and cheated on income taxes, went to federal prison but, a big but, was pardoned by a democrat president and then “appointed” a judge by Cook County democrats. Isn’t that kinda like having the fox guard the chicken coop? There is no limit to the corruption of the democrats in Chicago, Cook County and Illinois.
Sounds like a Republican Jeffrey Epstein story.
Hmm.. I can’t find an instance of Epstein serving in a capacity that would allow him to let criminals walk free or otherwise make life changing decisions that affect who knows how many people. I guess carping on Epstein while the Dems encourage and enable piles of dreck to continuously violate people is supposed to mean something to the rest of us. It doesn’t. The Dems had four years of Autopen rule to do something about what’s now seems to be their consuming passion. Don’t look now, but Dem dealings with the depraved Epstein are starting to surface. The Dems… Read more »