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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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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.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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.
Why don’t they meet at Walmart?
Wuhanvirus??? No, that’s garbage. Illinois legislature could meet via teleconference, zoom, MS Teams etc. No Virus stopping them. Instead they want to simply ignore their financially sinking ship and take pressure off of King Mike Madigan. Can their pay be eliminated for this nine months of inaction?
This is a blessing in disguise. The legislature should meet as infrequently as possible. The last time the IL legislature met they: 1) approved the abortion of unborn children up until the moment of birth; 2) legalized drugs; 3) forced LGBTQ+ education upon 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders; 4) passed a budget that cut NOT A SINGLE PENNY in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic; and 5) failed to put even a modicum of restrictions on jelly belly’s never-ending emergency declarations. With an awful track record like the above, why would anyone in their right mind want the legislature to… Read more »