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Evans said bond court reforms became a priority as soon as he became chief judge in 2001. “If you’ve ever seen the slave ships that came from Africa over to the Americas, to get everybody in the slave ships they didn’t put them in chairs. They put them on the floor,” Evans said. “That’s exactly the way it was when I became chief judge.”
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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I guess when the only cards in your hand is the race card, that’s the one you play. Cook County deserved a lot better than Evans.What a disgrace.He’s responsible for people of all races being victimized by the perps he’s turning loose, and all he can do is blather about slave ships!
Life long grifter.
Evans’ office has been in charge of the electronic monitoring bracelet program, which let criminals run free to commit more crimes, like setting a lady on fire. Seems that Evans ain’t so “hot”.
The puff-piece sure reads a whole lot different than the body count that comes out of Second City Cop.