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While the seizure of the computers on Wednesday is notable, it’s not clear the investigative moves relate to the accusations by two aides Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin had fired who said the treasurer misused taxpayer resources and abused the powers of her office, or a different set of issues.
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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Another crooked Dem pol in Sheeetcago.
Shocking!!
Corruption at City Hall is like a rot on a dead fish – corruption starts at the top
There was a Conyers in Detroit and they were crooks too!