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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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Police brutally is accepted until it happens to someone in your family. The fiscal crisis is caused by all the public sector unions who have gamed the election process, so there is little hope at solving that mess anytime soon. Wirepoints has tried for years to get Chicago and Illinois to be fiscally responsible, and it has only gotten worse.
The use of police billy clubs (batons) can contribute to a decrease in certain types of crime and disorder through a combination of deterrence, crowd control, and the ability to subdue a suspect with less-lethal force. However, the direct link to overall crime rates is part of a broader discussion on policing strategies and force options. How Batons Impact Crime Prevention and Control Deterrence: In early policing, the visible presence of officers equipped with batons (which were sometimes twirled as a display) served as a preventative measure, with the implied threat of force discouraging potential criminal activity. Less-Lethal Force Option: Batons are a key “less-lethal”… Read more »
Perhaps politicians should start fixating on all the potential sexual abuse cases in the Chicago Public School system and what it will eventually cost taxpayers?