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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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Walking around city streets is more dangerous than the Sickle Cell
“18 dead, 47 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings. Four children were among the weekend’s victims, including a 1-year-old boy fatally shot in Englewood, a 10-year-old girl killed in Logan Square and a 17-year-old boy killed in Humboldt Park.” “Angelo D. Pullum, 36, was walking about 7 a.m. in the 1400 block of West Lunt Avenue when someone walked up to him and shot him in the back of the head, authorities said.” Chicago Sun-TImes, by Sun-Times Wire, updated June 29, 2020 at 8:33am CDT. https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/6/28/21305237/chicago-weekend-shootings-gun-violence-june-26-29-2020 The 1400 block of West Lunt Avenue is in Rogers Park and that victim did… Read more »
Not a word from Pritzker.
If Lightfoot was smart at all and didn’t have such thin skin, she would see that should take President Trump up on his offer for help. If they succeed, she would be put on a pedestal for for addressing criminal justice in an inner city and she can seek to do it on her terms. If they don’t, she can do what she already does and blame Trump. It would be a win-win for her.
Progressives always double down on stupid. Ideology always ‘trumps’ results with them. I know that’s just a generalization, but it seems to be true with nearly everything they do.
I missed the part where Trump proposed useful strategies for reducing violence. Did he offer to discontinue drug prohibition?
Additional federal funds, resources, intelligence. All of it could be helpful to combat the gang violence. When did Lori announce her solutions to the problem? Must of missed that presser.
DEFUND THE POLICE!
Chicago, a city where life has little value regardless of skin color.