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"The mayor’s office has shown little interest or ability in tackling the spending side of Chicago’s fiscal crisis, even as total city spending has ballooned by billions since 2019. ... The head tax fight is less about sound budgeting than about preserving a political narrative that Johnson is simply asking 'the rich' to pay more, even as the rest of his plan quietly squeezes ordinary Chicagoans."
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Audio and summary
I say it’s more corruption and incompetence than militancy. They don’t believe any of that equity BS, nor do they really care about their “black and brown”constituents they prattle on about. It’s all a hustle. He’s got to placate the CTU, who he owes his job to. They are a political organization and influence, power and money are their game. They own him. They don’t care about taxpayers, they don’t care about victims, they don’t care about their students.It’s all a con to keep power by having people pay dues and feel beholden for their jobs. Public employee unions should… Read more »