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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.
Regardless of what the state mandates- when did the average taxpayer vote on taking care of public workers for life? I do not recall any ballot or referendum that voters agreed to this. These lifetime deals were made behind closed doors without any public scrutiny whatsoever. When enacted by the General Assembly politicians catered (caved) to special interests and not to the general public’s best interest. These obscene property taxes (Rockford) are just theft of equity which should be a crime. Ask yourself what would your home value be at 1% hard cap of total value. I would agree to… Read more »
Freddy: Totally agree. Unfortunately there’s no definition of an “unreasonable seizure” by the govt, of our money and/or property. Otherwise the taxpayers could sue and win, because our federal Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. And it seems that many confiscatory taxes and tax rates, are “unreasonable” !
Oh, and not just “taking care of public workers for life”…….but ENRICHING THEM.
Well, same thing I guess.