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Will Johnson, of The Harris Poll: "Our polling shows that nearly all Chicago adults worry about public safety and a supermajority thinks crime is worse here than in other cities. Almost all of us are also troubled by a long list of other major issues including the local economy, taxes, affordable housing and health care...And a majority — across all demographic groups — doubt that (Brandon Johnson) will have a greater positive impact on marginalized neighborhoods than previous mayors."
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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John Kass podcast interview of former Fox journalist Anita Padilla notes Mayor BJ has been hospitalized for his several panic attacks. Why is there no media coverage on his health issues? Clearly there are “service-worthy” issues here. Daley mayors’ health issues were covered by local media.
Whoa, Nelly! If true, that’s further proof that liberalism is a mental disorder.
“Mayor BJ has been hospitalized for his several panic attacks” Panic attacks and heart attacks often have similar symptoms — shortness of breath, chest pain, nausea, etc. Sometimes the only way to tell them apart, especially if you’ve never had a serious panic attack before, is to go to the ER and get checked out. Many people with panic disorder have done this only to be told there’s nothing physically wrong with their heart. Or, maybe he really HAS had a mild heart attack or a-fib and it’s being “disguised” as stress or panic attacks for some reason. Either way,… Read more »
Is there a resident with an IQ above room temperature that is optimistic about the city?
that article is a total say nothing snooze-fest…pathetic that trib would even print
How? Easy-Just RESIGN!! Elect a mayor that actually pays their own bills.
The Tribune teed that one up and you hit it out of the park.
That question in the headline is surely the dumbest of the year so far.
Mark the two Chicago papers. Are nothing more than Pravda for the Democratic Party. Have been for sometime.