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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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This whole thing sounds bizarre. $70k in workers comp payments, and all the related records and paperwork. A billionaire who couldn’t figure out a better way to pay hush money? And $70k from a billionaire is enough to shut her up? Really strange story.
You know what he was doing while his wife was away in FL.
Na come on not little ole Pritzker
Where is the qui tam lawsuit?
That’s what opened the lid on the new facts. I understand the decision against it may be appealed. It was based, apparently, on the AG’s claim that the info had already been known, but it did not to my knowledge contradict the accuracy of any of the claims made in the complaint. I am writing about it now.
there are rulings against using ‘foia’d” info, but loopholes.
This screams for a Metaverse COPO-token (Court Of Public Opinion) based JUSTICE system.
Data like this could be monetized but there is no current venue to do so.
Fraud? You ain’t seen nothin’.
Wait til November!
So the magic question is will this be pursued or forgotten about or will Pritzker and his people involved in the fraud be subpoenaed and brought to justice, I hope Devore pursues this and they all go down like dominoes.
Some like dominoes and some like Weebles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFzhjnjXc2o
True, weebles wobble but they don’t fall down.