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Commissioners would be barred from considering political party registration or voting history data when drawing maps.
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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Dems House takeover looks unlikely: — Dems polling lowest level in decades. — Dems unable to raise money like GOP. — CNN pollster Harry Enten predicts Dems lose House seats. — GOP gerrymandering (TX, FL OH, IN, MO, TN and other states) could give them 12 more House seats in the midterms. — Dems best candidate is NYC’s soon-to-be Communist/Hamas Mayor. — Dems are at each other’s throats over the future direction of the party If Dems don’t do something to put up a plan that doesn’t repel voters, they are sunk — especially if GOP gerrymandering puts a dozen… Read more »
Today in Illinois we have the democrat communist legislators and politicians using their strong arm to rule over Illinoisans just as long ago Chicago bowed to Al Capone and the mobsters.
The same, a little difference.
Jabba will sign any Dem gerrymander — even after promising not to do so.
Redistricting should be based on population and geographic area. No more “fingers” starting in Chicago and enveloping suburbs. I have no County, state or federal representation.