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Teresa Ging has spent 12 years operating her bakery’s storefront in the downtown loop of Chicago. She conceded that Chicago’s economy is growing but said she still wants to run her business in an area with a fully funded police force and a low crime rate. "If you can't control the crime, [the economy] is just going to decline."
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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.
Teresa, you need speak with some elderly former Detroit business owners that waited “too” long to get out.
By design.
The communists are getting paid from the DC giveaway while economic stability of the US erodes. Win-win for commies!
That stretch of south wabash is really gross. Its underneath the el train tracks and there are a lot of older buildings with hidden alleys where bums and vagrants live. The city’s most most disgusting mcdonalds is on that corner. Hopefully she finishes up her lease and doesn’t renew.
After 3 Years Of Black Lives Matters Riots/Looting/Arson, COVID Lockdown Lunacy, And Thug Mob Violence, Downtown Businesses Have Had Enough
Would someone ask Ms Ging if she votes for deomcrats or Republicans. I bet her answer will show why there is a problem.