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Gov. JB Pritzker will depart Tampico for Tampa later this month after his keynoteship at a Florida Democrats gala was announced. Observers might see the Hyatt Hotels heir's trip as a means of "provoking" likely 2024 Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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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As a republican I’m comforted that the Dems are putting up more ultra woke candidates. I’d be worried if they put up someone normal.
If this is a drape measuring contest Jabba has the clear advantage. He buys all his suits from Omar the tent-maker.
Well. Hillary, Barry, etc…. have risen from the hell hole of Illinois and have done damage on a national scale. Maybe it’ll be one more added to the list. And unlike Floridians who want to keep their governor, alot of us here are like, “Hey, sounds like a good idea.”
this is Michael Bloomberg all over again
Netherlands is essentially confiscating privately owned farmland, under the banner of climate change justifications.
Netherlands professor stated that Netherlands farmers were like slaveowners, and as such should not be properly compensated for their taken land.
Illinois is testing these waters.
My only hope if he does run is that the average American voter is smarter than the Illinois ones.
That’s hilarious. Arbuckle and slickyboy measuring the drapes! They could have gone up stairs and thrown all of Joe and the Dr’s stuff out the window.