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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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Small wonder that Playa has decided to take a leave of absence.
As the bodies pile up. Per this Defender article/ interview (https://chicagodefender.com/qa-part-2-deputy-mayor-on-what-comes-next-after-shotspotter/), CTU /Brandon’s Deputy Mayor of Community Safety Garien Gatewood doesn’t have a clue on what will replace Shotspotter. He comes off a a total goof. But is leaving Shotspotter tech replacement process to be spearheaded by “senior adviser on community safety” Alyx Goodwin, who seems like another super progressive left activist Kennedy Bartley kid. A lot of sites to google(https://sjiportalproject.com/participant/alyx-goodwin/)
Here’s a Alyx Goodwin youtube from a year ago exposing how way out wacko left-defund the cops, anti shotspotter, etc she is..I tried to watch the whole thing but had to stop. Quite a few other nut job extreme left youtubes with her out there.
https://youtu.be/QI-PXFgha6w?si=sPwX4tecNeGt97v-