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Summary and audio linked here.
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.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Illinois is a two party consent state. All parties MUST consent to someone recording conversations according to state law. There may be a federal law that supersedes state law but not sure about that. So any tapings may not hold water in court.
The tapings in this case were pre-authorized by the FBI through a warrant. I don’t believe anyone is suggesting he was surreptitiously recorded by anyone not associated with or pre-authorized by law enforcement, unless you’ve read something different than I.
There is more info on the Jan 29th taping of WTTW’s Chicago Tonight. I will rewatch to learn more. Interviews start at approx 15.45 Thanks
Madigan doesn’t even have a cell phone. Stop and think about that for a minute. Who in this day and age doesn’t have one? Every adult I know has one and I have nieces that are 3 years old who want one. Even the poor can get an Obama phone. The government obviously things it is that important.
So I MadAgain doesn’t have one (as an important a guy as he is) the only answer is because he does not want to be wire-tapped. Innocent people wouldn’t have anything to worry about.
As far as Madigan not having a cell phone he is still living in analog times. He probably uses 2 tin cans with a string or the old WWll walkie-talkies or even smoke signals. Those are not easy to hack or record.
This won’t get any traction. The Feds and the FBI are keystone cops compared to Madigan. The Feds have ignored Chicago corruption for so long they couldn’t find their butt with both hands in this town. Madigan doesn’t even use a cell phone.