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Wirepoints joined Univision Chicago to discuss why the costs of the Chicago Police Department are much higher than they first appear due to pensions, overtime, maintenance and other costs, why Chicago officials have lost control of the city’s budget, and what needs to be done to get costs under control.
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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.
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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.
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Audio and summary
I must be in the wrong country without realizing it. This was in Spanish.
Nah. Keep the foot on the gas pedal. That cliff you see approaching fast is a mirage. It doesn’t exist. In fact increase your speed. The explosion should be truly impressive.
English subtitles would help those of us that no habla.