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Matt joined Greg Bishop on WMAY to discuss the impact of the SAFE-T Act on the other Illinois counties outside of just Cook County. They talked about how Cook provides a frightening preview of the bail reform coming Jan. 1 as part of the SAFE-T Act, what parts of the act politicians absolutely need to fix, and why the excuse of “wait until after the election for changes” smells.
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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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“Trust me. We’ll fix it later.”