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Illinois could limit how local governments treat homeless people on the streets – Yahoo News/WBHF
Lawmakers are considering House Bill 1429. The proposal would ban local governments from arresting or fining homeless people who are doing things like sleeping, eating or resting outdoors, or anything considered to be a life-sustaining activity. Local governments would also be required to provide social services to anyone being removed if possible.
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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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.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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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.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
Again…let’s start the homeless camps in Wilmette, Winnetka, Lisle, Barrington. The AWFL enclaves need to show the rest how this is done. That way Illinois towns will start to look like the rest of the DNC schitehole tent cities.
Illinois political animals, the dumbest. Always.
Wonder what Cupich will do about all of this? Will he open his Chateau to the street rabble? Blame it on PDJT?
Cupich is bought and payed for, read the book by James Patterson Private Rome
And who is going to clean up after the homeless when the taxpaying citizens leave? Best of luck to BJ on the 20% hotel tax when people are literally stepping around crap in the city.
Any sane person should just start packing now. There are plenty of states that won’t drive you crazy and actually appreciate taxpaying citizens – Illinois just isn’t one of them.
Can you say Winnetka, Wilmette, Highland Park, Glenview, Park Ridge? They’ll love it.
Vote these idiots out, otherwise buy some extra wipes for your shoes.
Plus wants the city , town or village to take care of them !!! Another bill COSTING ILLINOIS RESIDENTS by Democrats SUPRR MAJORITY!!
It doesn’t take too much imagination to classify urination and defecation as life sustaining activities. The Gen Ass is gonna do it again!
Imagine all the little tents lined up at Buckingham Fountain and the harbor. Welcome to Chicago’s Lakefront!
“anything considered to be a life-sustaining activity”
Does that mean pissing or crapping on the sidewalks like in California?
Defecating and injecting drugs will also be considered life sustaining activities.