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"We agree with Greg Hinz of Crain's Chicago Business that it's time for Madigan to go....As for Pritzker, how much confidence are we supposed to have in his call for an investigation when the presumed anti-whisteblower did work for him and in essence still does? The governor is "appalled and disgusted?" Really? It has as much credence as Pritzker's feigned support for redistricting reform. Pritzker talked a good game about that when he was running, but when was the last time anyone saw him actually do anything to make it happen?"
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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“We agree with Greg Hinz of Crain’s Chicago Business that it’s time for Madigan to go.” – Daily Herald Editorial Board, January 11, 2020. Here’s an idea. In their endorsement process for State Rep candidates for the March 17, 2020 election, the Daily Herald can ask all State Rep candidates the following question: “Do you pledge to not vote for Michael Madigan as House Speaker.” The Daily Herald Editor Board consists of Jim Slusher, Deputy Managing Editor/Opinion; John Lampinen, Senior Vice President/Editor; Jim Baumann, Vice President/Managing Editor; Diane Dungey, Senior Deputy Managing Editor; Pete Nenni, Deputy Managing Editor; Renee Trappe,… Read more »
Exactly. Seems to me all editorial boards should have been asking candidates that.
On election day is not about outrage in Illinois but rather food stamps, welfare, pensions, medicaid and legal abortions. New taxes to pay for the aforementioned are overlooked.
They’re all crooks, cons and congenital liars.
It will never end till Illinois dies and it will.
Move out of Illinois ASAP. It will be the best day of your life.
Or Stay and Pay, Pay, Pay.