Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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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.
Gee, will public employees ever experience a cutback or layoff due to business conditions like I have several times?
I even lost my job during covid because I “might” get sick!
May emergency powers also be used to set aside union contracts and “contract rights” so as to cut pay and benefits for active and retired public employees? Certainly, a lot of lease contracts were set aside when foreclosures were stopped (along with rent payments) due to an “emergency.” Can property owners stop paying taxes due to their personal economic emergencies — this would be analogous to foreclosure moratoriums which led to de facto rent defaults. The notion that property owners must go in the red to keep public employees in the black lacks elemental mutuality. I don’t know what %… Read more »
No RED NECK JB
How about collecting the delinquent property taxes, they currently stand at $89.5 million before laying on another $42 million. Most of the increase is headed for delinquency any way.
You could lay off half the lazy do-nothings in City Government and balance the budget in a minute
And still get the same level of service.
Better!
Mark – What is the total city of Chicago debt when all unfunded liabilities are figured in? Is there any way to know the true number?