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"'History has always been argued,' (Ron) Onesti says. Americans have widely different takes on events happening now, let alone 500 years ago. He says he welcomes thorough debates about how to handle the Columbus issue. 'Our biggest problem as a community is more about the process, or lack of process...Something that is so near and dear to our culture was so completely removed at the behest of violence and destruction.'"
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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.
Better question. Where are pigeons going to do their business?
Ya know what that’s right Freddy, now we have homeless pigeons, free stuff army for pigeons.
I’d vote for leaving it empty as a monument to the moment Chicago surrendered to mob rule. Perhaps a small plack to that effect.
Replace the Statue with one of Charles Ponzi a Illinois hero.
The statues were torn down because blm wanted them down. Lori, Sophia King, the Grant Park advisory council, and Michael Kelly are more interested in cowering to the mob than in maintaining the rule of law.
Happy Indigenous People Day!
Change ur name
Power to the black gals… ooh ooh.
Hi you. I’m me. Hi me. I’m you.
Let’s do some Christopher Columbus operas.