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Falcons have been nesting every spring at the building at 100 S. Wacker since at least 2016, according to Mary Hennen, who leads the Peregrine program at the Field Museum. Peregrines used to nest on higher floors there. But the birds this year have nested low enough that they’ve become aggressive to humans walking below.
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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Falcon learned from watching thugs he will not be prosecuted for assault. Next the Falcon will start jacking cars then winged robberies. Even the wildlife are now criminals.