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"We reported on Oct. 16 that shoplifting reports are up 20% over the past three years in Chicago. Suburban retailers have blamed the increase on a decision by Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to take a softer approach to shoplifting cases. Foxx has instructed her attorneys to reject felony-level retail theft charges unless a person is accused of stealing more than $1,000 in merchandise at a single event."
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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I can not blame these people one bit; after all, isn’t everything free in Illinois?
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All thanks to Crimesha (Kimm Foxx). They should call these criminals Crimeshians.
The taxing bodies have been legally stealing from us forever and more to come in 2020. We need to find another name for that like TAXLIFTERS.
they stole them in a woke neighborhood! It won’t bother anybody there, lots of sympathy. But if one of these woke residents comes home to find their stereo, big screen and jewelry gone, its a different story the woke elitist resident, the somebody else’s money rule.
Chicago is great for criminals
10% clearance rate on murders
steal whatever you want under $1k without penalty
don’t bother paying your water, electric or gas bills, they won’t shut off!
steal a car? no big deal, slap on the wrist
Support your local coat drive.
Why work and even consider getting a job?
Is it wrong for a starving man to steal a loaf of bread to feed his hungry family? Is it wrong for a group of cold teens to steal dozens of jackets to sell in front of the 95th St Red Line Station?