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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.
It’s good though, because the more people get tested the smaller percentage of population suffering from hospitalization or mortality. The true fatality rates as a percentage of infections are starting to show, and the number of people dying from Covid is trending downwards. It will all be over with on November 4th, the day after the general election.
The Thinking People in the room (globe) realize this, but the day we see actual mass political “leaders” act accordingly is well…surprising. Currently “case counts” are held up by all of ’em to justify utterly ridiculous warnings, measures, and restrictions.
They’ll keep this up until they can talk about flu-season-+-mask-induced-illness as Covid again.
I wonder what pays better —- Contact Tracer or Abbott Labs Test Maker?
Fake pandemic propped up by fake tests. These tests will NEVER be fully FDA-vetted because they would not pass, even the Federal Death Administration’s crony process.
Also little doubt the Abbott money trail leads to the Prigster Mansion.
Would it kill Crain’s to say the Trump administration pushed these tests? Probably. But they would have given any Dem admin top billing…..