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Comment: This is pathetic. Utterly, completely, outrageously pathetic. See our reaction linked here.
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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.
So, Pritzker’s solution is to raise taxes and user fees, and to create new taxes and user fees. Whatever you do, don’t reduce the massive pensions and free health care, because, you know, that’s a promise. Besides City of Chicago and State of IL workers and retirees, who would want to live in IL anymore? As I said previously, what’ll likely happen is that the IL pols will eventually amend the state constitution to put a band-aid on the problem; e.g., replace the automatic three percent pension raises with some cost-of-living index, then declare victory. No one should be misled… Read more »
97 out of 115 state reps and 54 out of 56 state senators signed off on last year’s budget. How do they explain their explicit approval of running such a large deficit?
This was predicted. We knew that the first thing they were going to do (other than exacerbating the problem by immediately giving public unions everything they contractually wanted) was blame Rauner. They’ve planned since Rauner first took office to obstruct every reform he had, hold out, and then when he was gone, blame him for problems they created.
Illinois democrats make me sick to my stomach.
The question is, will the people of Illinois buy this hook, line and sinker?
I think you know the answer.
agree 100%, this is a opening salvo to –pay-up time by afsme and the machine, by not only blaming everything on rauner as an absolute FAILURE but more importantly reminding every sheepling/stepin fetchit voting taxpayer that we are FAILURES as well. now watch shoe shine republicans– brady & durkin get in line.
It can get worse…New Jersey looks to be initiating a rain water tax.
New Jersey Rain tax website
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-10/nj-voters-furious-governor-murphy-prepares-sign-rain-tax-law