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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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In Peoria, the two year price change was negative 15.9% with 21% underwater mortgages and 1 in 932 homes in foreclosure.
In Aurora, the two year price change was positive 4.8% with 11.8% underwater mortgages and 1 in 1,491 mortgages in foreclosure.
Peoria is sending an annual Public Safety Pension Fee bill to property owners beginning October 2019, that is in addition to property taxes.
Aurora borders Naperville.