Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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While Mayor Brandon Johnson directed his chief of staff to figure out logistics around the day, saying, “If we’re going to transform our economies, if we’re gonna push for the ultra wealthy to pay their fair share in taxes, voices of working people, every day people have to rise up,” Gov. JB Pritzker said, “Political operators trying to determine what the calendar should be for kids seems inappropriate.”
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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
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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.
They just gave themselves a 3 day weekend . Not like they work the rest of the week
Define “work” for us.
Apparently the down voters want to leave it undefined—sort of up to the individual to decide. It seems to me every task can be pleasure or a burden in some ways. Therefore, what I decide is inarguable TRUTH in that it’s undefined. That’s great since it’s nether a character flaw nor an honor. More of life should be seen in such ill-defined, carefree ways. We’d all be better-off psychologically as individuals and as a society for doing so. But, the reality clearly is that we like to pigeon-hole people into imagined social strata and think we’re better or—heaven forbid—worse than… Read more »
Parents- hold the schools and teachers legally and financially accountable for any student injuries while students are not in school.
Schools should take a big hit with all the absenteeism and NO FUNDING FOR THE DAY