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There were 47 people shot, seven fatally, over the weekend, and 24 shot, two fatally from midnight to 5 a.m. Monday. There were two mass shootings just over an hour apart early Monday morning, Chicago police said.
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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.
Chicago is in real, serious trouble.
Gosh, what’s gonna happen when summer gets here?
Chicago – Democrats utopia. People from out of town should reconsider coming here – you may be shot while being robbed, just for kicks.
No problem, mayor Johnson is working on a plan.
Remember the youngins are only funnin, dont be calling them little Capones.
We must learn to start funnin like them. How about we start funnin with Chicago Typewriters.
But no worries, because $100’s of millions are being pledged/spent on the “community violence-interventionists“. Does anyone have any faith the city will provide any oversight to see that the funds aren’t wasted or spent fraudulently? Or, probably nobody at city hall cares. Looks like 2/3 of the $bucks$ are coming from taxpayers: “The funds will be drawn from a few sources: Members of the city’s business and philanthropic circles have pledged to raise $100 million to support the effort, while the Illinois legislature earlier this year passed a budget that will provide more than $170 million for community violence intervention.… Read more »