Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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"Nobody asked us, nobody told us. We have a few thousand people here who signed their signature and said ‘no!’ We said ‘no!’" one Chicago resident said during the Tuesday meeting. "We have concerns about our students, our children who walk on this street every day, how do we ensure their safety," another community member said. SIGN UP HERE FOR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
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April 14, 2026
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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.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
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Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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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.
I don’t want any of my neighbors to have to live on the streets or in a tent, said one person.
They are not your neighbors unless you live in the woods or some 3rd world country. Said me.
This is how Favelas or Shantytowns form. People just camping out, then start building illegal shelters, then the gangs take over and control the territory independent of the local government. Soon enough, it becomes a ‘no go’ zone nearly independent of any control. you think it can’t happen here? LOL where do you think these people lived before they came here? Shantytowns are all they know.
I believe a good Chicago winter might help rectify the illegal invaders issue. Not completely, but it might be a start.