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Ald. Rossana Rodriguez said the city has had four deputy mayors for public safety in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s three years, and this is needed. “It would take 1.5 percent of the city’s total budget to create an office that is actually going to develop strategy so that we can have the city we deserve."
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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.
Oh good…as if Illinois needs another agency to support
“have the city we deserve”…you’ll have to go back to the 1950’s if you’re seeking that
Alderwoman Rodriguez said, “It would take 1.5 percent of the city’s total budget to create an office that is actually going to develop strategy so that we can have the city we deserve.” I have a news flash for the alderwoman, Chiraq already has the city it deserves for electing the city destroying leadership now in place.
AlderTurds Want To Fix Chicago Crime — With A New Political Patronage Dumping Ground
They’re running out of chairs at DOWM as it’s full of drunks and weenie waggers!