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“It’s funny that (U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy”) Garcia is from Chicago and he cannot tell you what’s happening in our community. If he came into our community, he would see all the gang graffiti, the Tren de Aragua signs, the MS-13. He would see across the street in a park where they’re putting the shelters, all the needles in the park,” said Chicago Flips Red Vice President Danielle Carter-Walters, testifying before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement.
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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😮 God bless her!
When will Chicago wake up?
Danielle Carter-Walters , the one speaking in the above quote, is someone to watch. Along with Pastor Corey Brooks they are among the few willing to stand up and speak the truth about the destruction of this city and the downward spiral city leaders shove its most vulnerable citizens.
Chuy sees. Chuy gets paid anyway. Chuy doesn’t care.
Chuy only cares if his granola bars are chewy.