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According to police, the video shows “the initial incident that sparked yesterday’s violence and arrests, as well as the aggravated battery against a CPD officer with a skateboard.” But activist Ja’Mal Green Sunday called for the police superintednent’s resignation, asking Mayor Lori Lightfoot to “appoint someone that understands the city and the landscape of protests.”
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
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
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
Why has cop hating Lori bff Jamal green constantly interviewed by the pro blm domestic terrorist media in this town? Why has lori allowed this con artist crook to have any stature? She stupidly allowed him to stand next to her on election night. She has given him a free reign to do his bs because she and her CPD officials support him. He was allowed to have a pizza party protest at Columbus and Roosevelt after the statues were taken down to suck up to blm by Sophia King and Lori. Traffic was blocked for four hours and Lori… Read more »
Chicago is dead,down hill,no stopping it.