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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.
These Daley scum would be sleeping on park benches if they didn’t have at least one member of their slimy brood in government sucking at the taxpayer teat
Does billy d really live out in grand beach mich, just like his brothers? would residency be a problem just like rahms first term?
Prtizker (gov) and Daley (mayor) will be the Illinois establishment figure heads when the state and city go under. Fitting.
This is hilarious. At this rate they will have to print a double sided ballot to fit all the names on there. Maria Pappas is thinking about jumping in, as is Susana Mendoza.
I hope to heck they make this campaign all about race – it will be fun to watch and could not happen to a more deserving guy.
The Loop and the North/Northwest side will vote for Bill Daly, while the south and west sides will vote for Prewinkle.
Who wins?…., who ever has the largest turnout.
I just saved everyone from watching endless hours of political banter on TV.