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"It’s almost enough to make me wish that Mayor Daley returned to office to dispatch city workers to yank that sign from Trump’s tower in the middle of the night...But then I remember it was Daley who installed (Ald. Ed) Burke as finance chair. Just as Daley looked the other way when Burke started filing property tax appeals on Trump’s behalf. So Daley’s about as useless in this fight as Mayor Rahm, who was the mayor who let Trump install that sign without a fight. After he, Rahm, took a $50,000 campaign contribution from Trump in 2010."
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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.
With Discussion Beginning About Pension Buyout Program For Chicago, Beware of Baloney – Wirepoints
March 28, 2026
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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.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago’s Fiscal Crisis Has Passed the Point of No Return, Bond Market Already Signaling Collapse
March 25, 2026
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Full interview and summary linked here.
Can’t connect to the article, but I can guess by the comments. Guy most likely identifies as a KBO, known beat off!
Hey Ben,
Let’s focus on Trump sign…..
Not the rampant crime, taxes, and other real issues in Chicago!
Ben you are a dope!
That’s some serious TDS you’ve got there, Ben.
So:
But The Most Pressing Issue In The World is a Trump Sign and an insider tax deal.
Welcome to Clown World (Honk Honk!)
Selective application of our laws based on politics seems to be a deep affliction of Leftist Democrats.