Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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A Tribune story last year found that fewer than 500 structures in the city “contain free public restrooms with few or no barriers to entry, such as security checkpoints or client-only access.”
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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
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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.
All alderman offices should be warming and cooling centers. Open for public bathroom use, 7 days a week. Mayors office, same thing. No ID required to enter any public building, schools included, for bathroom use. Tribune offices, SunTimes and all radio and TV station offices as well. See how that works.
Alderman should open their ward offices for this purpose, stop for a pee and have some popcorn. Will these be equipped with bath tubs?
AlderClowns Want Chicago Streets To Be San Francisco Style Open Air Toilets
I’m all for this as long as the aldermen are the ones who have to clean them.