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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.
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.
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“Thousands of people subjected to electronic monitoring were prevented from leaving their homes to perform essential tasks such as grocery shopping, seeking medical attention, going to work, picking their kids up from school and even doing things as simple as taking out the garbage or picking up their mail,” according to the network’s statement, which added that the devices disproportionately impact the county’s Black residents.
Sounds tough, but better than being in the hoosegow. Is it too much to ask people to obey our laws?
They wanted it, they fought for it, they sued for it.. until they got it. Now it’s the proverbial pet Timmy swore he would take care of and has no intention of doing so.