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A parent posted a copy of her son’s fourth grade schedule on Facebook with this comment: “I seriously want to cry. … There is NO WAY he can be online all day like this. It isn’t possible.” A teacher responded: “Believe me, teachers are crying too.”
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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.
https://www.theadvocates.org/2019/05/public-schools-are-literal-prisons-for-children/
We had 8 houses on our block for sale last week. We are up to 12 now. All families with kids. This is 100% on the fecking bums at CPS and the CTU.
The teachers can’t teach in class, they can’t teach online-can these lazy bums do anything besides partake in BLM riots, bankrupt Illinois, and visit Venezuela?
Excellent run down!
They can and will get more raises and go on strike when the need arises. Spike pensions before they retire at 55 with full health benefits.
Students and teachers are going to Fail.
But the teachers will get lots of money for doing nothing.
Soon to be in Florida at age 52 living in a luxury home. No one in their right mind would stay in Chicago.
Illinois ” Land of Slavery”