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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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The final vote totals will be announced when the chosen candidate has enough to win.
Mail-in ballots are the worst
Those mail in ballots from Rose Hill must be pouring in!
Does anyone seriously doubt what the outcome will be…?
The table is being set for a come from behind victory…
Yep…..correct
A shocking “come from behind victory”! Amazing!
Counting ballots isn’t always counting legit, valid, chain of custody votes by citizens with no felon record.
As Stalin said, “it’s not who votes that counts…it’s who counts the votes that counts!”
Just look at 2020
This story has pretty much disappeared from the local media. Out of sight, out of mind.
And they’ll keep counting until they get the result they want!
The fix is in
Always has been and it’s a dirty shame