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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.
Fascinating how the Tribune points out the failure of Illinois Democrats on spending and taxes, and yet not a peep on the massive tax increase Joe Biden has planned for middle class families in Illinois.
The national media are a direct threat to democracy. Voter opinions forged by media lies and news blackouts aren’t what makes a democracy work.
the politics of division, greed, and personal selfish motivations…thats what we have here in Jabba….
In the Patch it stated he was not happy.
I do not care if Lard a** was not happy.
He spent a lot of money on ads that could have done what he wanted this tax for.
He and Illinois are not to just have with the Illinois tax payer money as they want without an explination and that is exactly as they wanted. What was stated on the ballot was not what was really going to happen. Can you see Jabba willngly giving up his money when he got a tax deduction from the toilet turn off? Seriously?