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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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I feel no sympathy for anyone who recommended public places be closed to unvaccinated people in January and February 2022. She did a horrible job, made awful public health decisions, and ultimately her recommendations destroyed downtown Chicago.
Very professional of CTU/Brandon firing Arwady with no replacement? I believe I heard on news one of Brandons replacement candidates, Eric Reinhart, qualifications didn’t check out..(he’s not actually a doctor). But Brandon gets to quote Tupac and that’s what’s important
https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/15qb6gv/rumored_candidate_for_chicago_health_commissioner/?rdt=44500
Cross CTU, get fired.