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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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This editorial is all mumbo jumbo of social justice buzzwords and bold assertions with no facts or evidence to back it up.
Lake County keeps getting deeper blue – we’re probably stuck with this clown for as long as he wants the job. Thank goodness he’s so much smarter, better and harder working than the states attorneys in the other 100 counties outside of Cook.
“Released with conditions”, oh, suddenly criminals will start following the rules? Give me a break, this SAFE-T ACT is dangerous for us all.
Great point – that’s why they’re CRIMINALS!
Fake Prosecutor Rinehart is a Kim Foxx Wannabe — a social justice shitbag that has no business being a prosecutor.
https://rinehartforlakecounty.com/2020/07/cook-county-states-attorney-kim-foxx-endorses-eric-rinehart-for-lake-county-states-attorney/