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Said German Gonzalez, an organizer for El Grito Chicago, “To proceed in spite of the advice we’ve received directly from city and state officials and potentially expose our community to becoming collateral damage would be irresponsible. That’s a risk we are not willing to take.”
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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Oh no! That’s terrible! Can anything be more obvious that it involves illegals than cancelling an event heavily attended by illegals?
Is there anyone in Chicago who doesn’t know the neighborhoods where illegals are likely to be living? Do they think ICE doesn’t have that information, and needs to wait for a street party to find random illegals?
Ridiculous fear-mongering by Pritzker and his crew.
Harboring fugitives, gang bangers, thugs, dope dealers, etc is not “keeping your communities safe”
If you are in the United States legally and scared – you are stupid. If you are here legally – you have nothing to be concerned about. So celebrate, don’t celebrate…whatever.
As long as Chicago stops the terrorism caused by this holiday inflicted on Chicago caused by the cars, illegal fireworks inflicted on law abiding citizens by all the cars and rowdy people driving them.
If they love Mexico so much, MOVE THERE!
Of course if your and American and sneak in you will end up in a jail for the rest of your life!
If you’re legal. Why worry ?
Mexican culture should be celebrated by everyone in Chicago; they add a lot to the city.
Mexico has been independent for 200 years. What has it accomplished in 200 years as a nation if a bunch of its people had to move to another country for a better life? Yet these same people insist on celebrating the failed country THEY MOVED AWAY FROM! Normal people do not celebrate failure, they only try to learn from it. If you are celebrating a 200 year track record of failure, at least do it in Mexico. When you celebrate failure in a success country, it doesn’t send the message you think it does. It only reinforces the truth of… Read more »