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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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Real Number is 50 shot this weekend according to Hey Jackass
WHITE SUPREMACY!
Parking lots and alleys are the cause of mass shootings. Ban the Lot. Ban the Lot.
Juneteenth celebration got a little out of hand. It wouldn’t be a holiday affair without a few urban shootings involving the usual suspects.
Comments from the mayor pending the closing weekend totals. It’s gonna be hot this week, the ammunition will go off independently. All homicides will be heat related. It was just too hot and I feel cool when I shoot somebody. Hey Lori FU!