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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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great “as you sow, so shall you reap” example
This is how vigilante justice happens and is the way to put an end to no cash bail.
Yet another example of why The Onion and Babylon Bee don’t need to employ writers in IL, the irony writes itself.
Enabling tool Evans should be sharing a jail cell with “ his people.”.
This should be a main thrust of Ted’s campaign — the intentional support that Democrats have given to career violent criminals
If only Tim Evans knew of a place where arrested criminals could be taken after committing a crime, and these criminals could then have some independent person, maybe a specially trained individual, who could review the criminal’s case, some might even say “judge” the actions of the criminal, then maybe decide if the criminal should be housed with other criminals or not. I’m thinking such a system might be a good idea, and maybe Tim Evans could look into this when he’s not checking on his pension benefits. Then some of the women he works with might feel safe walking… Read more »