-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
By: Mark Glennon*
My daughter and friend with a hot chocolate stand outside polling place.
Expecting swat team from Quinn’s regulators to arrive any minute to shut them down.
Somehow, the Quinn signs seem to have blown over. What a shame.
*Mark Glennon is founder of WirePoints
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.
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.
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Audio and summary
does she have a business permit, workers’ comp insurance, a state tax acct, an assumed name registration, street vendor’s license, registered agent and an FEIN?