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"After covering a few of the events, Manny (Ramos, a reporter) and I definitely knew what he meant; they were exhilarating. And up until that point we saw no one get hurt, no fires set, no fights or any violence and no signs of any weapons. When a private ambulance sought to get through a meetup at 31st and Wood streets, a man on a bullhorn asked everyone to get out of the way — and they quickly complied."
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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.
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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.
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