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The district also said in a statement that a survey of families showed 41% of elementary school parents and 38% of high school parents would not send their children to school buildings.
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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.
Cut off the food delivery to all CPS students. They are home now, parents can prepare food.
Raise teachers pay and benefits.
The deserve it. After all they have not been in the class room for 6 months. It is just so hard doing nothing. They will soon be able to become Chicago Cops.
Raise taxes and make all the honest hard working taxpayers become slaves of the government mooches.
Illinois “Land of Slavery”
One can only wonder what are the contractual obligations that ctu teachers must follow, if any, to satisfy cps remote learning program? Is cps making any attempt to monitor are ctu teacher heros remote teaching efforts, or lack there of? Are the teachers teaching for all the $billions$ spent? Does anybody know, or does anybody care???
obviously children and their education is not important though everyone screams that teachers are ESSENTIAL. I guess not!!