Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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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.
Here’s the bottom line. 101 counties in this state could vehemently protest this new so called law and their protests will fall on deaf democrat ears. Cook County/Chicago is all that counts. Where is crime and violence out of control to the max? Cook/County Chicago. This out of control crime is mostly perpetrated by one particular ethnic group and the politicians who control the statehouse from Cook/County/Chicago cannot let their voters suffer from criminal prosecution, no matter the crime. Just look at the photo in the article, black power fists raised celebrating support for the criminal element. Get a gun,… Read more »
Few in Cook County or Chicago want this law either. It was passed because after St. George Floyd’s OD, our progressive legislature vowed to pass every law on the Black Caucus wish list. This was one of the laws. It’s pure craziness.
Rockford in Winnebago County comes close. There are many shootings here mostly on the west side but the east side close to the river has it’s share.
In 2023, Illinois will be The Purge
It is not going to work nor keep people safe. That is their intent.