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A campaign to welcome everyone back begins this week. The Loop’s 80% dip in traffic is turning a corner.
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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 a sad sight and I’ve watched the real time decline. We also have the you-know-what acronym on a good percentage of the boards. Hint: last word is Marxist, no matter what they actually call it. Who is going to want to go the restaurants, etc., which will not resemble the former experience? Recovery will be difficult, and from now on competing with the socialist structural push which hangs in the air.
“A campaign to welcome everyone back begins this week. The Loop’s 80% dip in traffic is turning a corner.”
Downtown Chicago is a disaster. I’ve been down there a few times since the riots and there’s nothing going on. The boarding up is not the problem, it’s that no one wants to come back to Chicago. I’d be shocked if Chicago ever returns to 80% in my lifetime. I’m moving my small business interests out of Chicago and many others I know are too.