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Ald. Ray Lopez criticized Mayor Brandon Johnson’s response to weekend violence, mocking Johnson’s claim that gun trafficking from red states was to blame. “I’m actually quite surprised he didn’t blame the Confederacy, Richard Nixon or colonialism,” Lopez said.
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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Ray did a great one on one interview with Dan Proft this morning about Chicago and the two dimwits.
It’s inevitable that we’ll have a Dem for mayor- let’s at least get someone with common sense like Lopez.
Wow. A voice of reason among the Chicago political animals.
The Demwits can’t comprehend that the presence of the NG will deter crime. And yes, sheepies, they can and will carry weapons with live ammunition if the situation warrants it.
They can’t arrest anyone. They can give tourists the message that the city is under armed guard, however. Not sure that would help any.
No, I am not a Dem. I am a veteran, however.
Have you ever been overseas in the last decade, if so what do you see, armed soldiers