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Among the issues Reilly said he plans to run on, the fifth-term alderman – whose ward includes parts of the Loop, West Loop, Streeterville, River North, and Mag Mile – cited public safety, rising property taxes, and increased spending, noting the county budget that has grown from $3.6 billion when Preckwinkle took office in 2010 to nearly $10 billion this year.
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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.
Vote Preckwinkle out. She doesn’t acknowledge that the suburbs are part of Cook County and does zero for suburban Cook Cook County.
If she wins it’s a vote based on color. She has done nothing for Cook County
Maybe now that her buddy Judge Evans has been ousted I bet grandma retires
I wouldn’t bet on it. She still has plenty of damage to do before slithering off. Her “ guaranteed income “ folks are no better off than when she started handling them 6K a year no strings attached and she won’t go quietly until that and all of her other Marxist mumbo jumbo is realized.