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"It’s very demoralizing," Retired CPD Chief of Detectives EugeneRoy said, recalling a situation where a gang member opened fire on another gang member in a public place and was given a signature bond by the office of State’s Attorney Kim Foxx. Roy said Foxx's office told him that a felon in possession of a firearm is classified as a "victimless property crime," the same as if someone committed insurance fraud.
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.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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