To you who think the establishment narrative about Illinois and its crisis is flawed, we have some good news. Our alternative viewpoint is being heard. Just in the last couple days, over 700,000 readers have clicked to our articles here and on sites that republish us. More importantly, we’re getting our work picked up more and more by the regular media.
That’s why we’re here — we want to be a source for facts and numbers that aren’t getting reported or reflected in policy. We’re always happy to share our research and commentary with politicians, reporters and editorialists, whether they’re on our side or not. Over the last month our work has been cited by The Wall Street Journal, Barrons, Crain’s, Chicago Tribune, ZeroHedge and many local outlets. To the others that haven’t, you might consider that we send you tens of thousands of pageviews, often on stories that reflect much less work than we put into many of ours, so maybe it’s time for some balance.
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On a personal note, I’m so honored and pleased to be be working now with Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner, who teamed up with us last year. It’s inspiring to work alongside them.
-Mark Glennon, founder.
Congratulations to all. It’s been a real pleasure watching your writing expand its reach. You hit the nail on the head with this website by filling a gaping hole in the media’s coverage of the Illinois fiscal crisis. My sincere gratitude for your efforts.
Mark, we left Illinois after Rauner lost last year’s budget fight, and with JB looking certain to unseat him. But I still work for a Chicago-based company and read the site daily to stay informed. Congratulations and best wishes for continued success.
“Wirepoints” and “Pension Tsunami” are becoming the “Rotten Tomatoes” of public finance, or so I hope.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/business/media/rotten-tomatoes-box-office.html
As a news junky I have a list of news bookmarks on my ipad that I regularly cycle through daily. Wirepoints is right at the top. With most sites just reading the story titles is enough. But wirepoints is close to home, so I tend to read those whole articles more often. They are always substantive, the stories fill in my knowledge in places where I would formerly just have anger or disgust sitting there! Now I have some facts to go with the madness.
Good for you Mr. Glennon… and good for us! Thank you.
That’s Great news for the tax payers of Illinois. I for one am VERY thankful that you guys are cranking this stuff out. The media cannot be counted on, so there is a desperate need for the truth to be made public, and for the public to be made aware of that truth. Thanks again.