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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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St Bartholomew parish school, now closed, in the 5000 block of Addison St is set to house 300-350 illegal aliens. A once upon a time quiet, nice, neighborhood that has changed over the years. Illegals ready to move in with really nothing near the location as it sits in a mostly residential neighborhood. I cannot imagine what the future holds for crime, property values etc. Hey there former neighbors, you’re getting what you voted for now the jokes on you.
Bullshit. That’s all we can say about these clowns that run the city, county, state, Congress for that matter. Anything government does is larded up money laundering for donors, friends, dickhead sons, mistresses. This is bipartisan and there is little accountability. Im my guy does it, it’s patriotism, but if the other guy does it, it’s a crime. They flood the zone with lies, skewed news, misinformation, and deceit in order to keep us fighting with each other. They want us to fight so we ignore the graft and out and out theft that’s going on at all levels of… Read more »
Brando is a self proclaimed expert on just about everything. A legend in his own mind.
Zippy can be trained to do anything
I’ve become a expert at it, OMG such a ignorant arrogant ass, a expert thanks for the chuckles.
His statement the other day re TX was a masterpiece in non- sensical, ghetto fashioned rambling.