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"'Many of these things are elephants in the room that we have known about since the last fiscal crisis, and we let that last crisis go to waste,' Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson told us on Friday. 'We do not have the luxury of letting this crisis go to waste.'"
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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.
MOVE is the easiest way to save Thousands of dollars each each, tens of thousands of dollar.
Only the Rich and the Poor can afford Chicago Taxes, the poor honest hard working taxpayer is going broke.
Covid is not killing Chicago– Lori and Pritzker are. If you care about this city, take a few minutes and head downtown. You will be stunned at what they have done in such a short period of time to make it unlivable. And if you keep voting for Democrats– it is your own fault– not theirs.