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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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The Second City Cop blog stated that the drive-by shooter was effective in dispersing the gathering.
The place was crawling with cops and the gunmen just drove away. No one can even describe the getaway vehicle. Calling bullshit on another mass shooting event.
Apparently, the vaunted generosity and “play” cousinhood of blacks was insufficient to prevent this mass shooting in Auburn Gresham, which has a 93% black, non-hispanic population.
Will someone in the local media ask Mayor Johnson if he wishes to rethink his prior statement?
Same propaganda it’s the guns fault- We need to crack down on illegal guns, we need tougher gun laws , we need background checks, We need guns off the street. I’ve never seen a gun jump up and decide to shoot at something. Start locking up the thugs and put the blame where it belongs.
Please. I have lived in Spain now 18 months, and have yet to hear about a shooting. Chicago has people injured and killed by shootings DAILY. Many Americans are goofy.
Hmm.. just wondering if Spain has a disgruntled segment of the population that resorts to violence over practically everything everyday? Just wondering.
It’s a certain demographic that is the problem in Chicago, it’s not the law abiding citizens. Democrats think taking away 2a rights is the fix for everything. They believe that no cash bail and the garbage saf-t act enacted in Illinois would promote good behavior. Guess what sh** heads are back on the streets to raise hell. The judges that have to release them are at fault too. Do your homework before spouting nonsense!
I can’t deny a certain demographic is, to be polite, problematic. That being said, I like living in a place where guns are banned. I was a real estate appraiser in Chicago for 30 years. I worked all the hoods. Likewise, I’ve seen lots of disturbing things. All I can say now is, I’m very happy to be out of the US.
Colorado incident makes national news. Shootings in Chicago nothing said. It is just a common thing anymore. If you love your family find some place safer to live.
Where’s Father when all this was going down?
Under the altar praying he was low enough to miss the bullets
Hopefully helping the victims.
In Pfleger’s case, he was probably having his hair coiffed for the cameras.
An hour before the shooting, the police tried to disperse the crowd of teens. They would not have been shot that night if they’d obeyed the cops, did Pfleger mention that?
Father Pfleger starting to sing a different tune:
“You’re driving down the street spraying bullets; you’re a punk. You wanna get somebody? Come get me. Leave these kids alone,” Pfleger said.
As the result of another mass shooting in an ethnically challenged area of Chicago Illinois politicians vow to take firearms away from law abiding gun owners in Carbondale and other rural areas who are the real threat to public safety
That is an important part of the conversation. I spent time in Southern Illinois, where hunting plays an important role in wildlife conservation. Hunters typically eat what they kill which is more humane than store bought and some do it out of necessity. I haven’t and wouldn’t want to hunt, but I respect those that do.