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That averages out to one council member convicted every 16 months.
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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This is just the number they have caught. When the legislators (“law” makers) are crooked, there is no rule of law. Rome lasted a lot longer than Chicago will. Our barbarians are home-grown.
Funny that it’s the Federal Government doing the investigations and convictions. Wonder where Kwaumie Raoul and before him little Lisa Madigan were? In such a target rich environment you’d think that these watchdogs of the law would be alert and on the job.
LOL the Democrat Party, through affirmative action appointee Kwame, is using the AG’s office for progressive Lawfare. They have tens if not hundreds of millions at their disposal to attack red states on the other side of the country. They’re too busy filing briefs in Idaho’s bathroom case, rather than actually helping the people of IL.
Look at them – all public employees who where liars and thieves.
It is a staggering number, and these are only the ones who got caught! How do you know a Chicago alderman is on the take? He’s breathing!