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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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If Biss wants to limit the impact of natural gas on Evanston he should keep his pie hole shut.
easy money for electricians (IBEW?) hooking up II-Phase service for stoves. Same goes for hooking up ev charger in your garage
I guess soon it will be back to wood and coal fired furnaces.
Why are “progressives” always so regressive?
Wood or coal stoves aren’t the next step. The next step is for you to freeze or starve to death like the white devils should
Do these crazy, delusional, anti-science nut jobs really believe that the earth’s temperature depends on the number of gas-burning stoves in Evanston?
Cooking on an electric stove is a miserable experience. Oh well people can always rig a propane tank in the back yard and run a gas line for the stove. Between an electric hot water heater, dryer, furnace and stove thats one hellofa electric bill.
Except if you live in central Florida. I have all of the above that you mention and this past summer our electric bill was rarely over $150. We average $85-90 a month now in winter. One of the many reasons I left my beloved Chicago. Yes Rick, it took a while for us to get used to cooking electric, many burned meals, but like anything else, practice made perfect.
A friend near the WI border has an all-electric home – this past year they had a gas whole-house generator installed so they could survive a grid failure that becomes more probable as the state tightens its stranglehold on energy. As their electric appliances wear out, they’ll be replacing with natural gas powered.
And, yes, cooking with an electric stove is miserable, but their electric oven holds a steadier heat throughout. Perhaps a hybrid cooking range might be a good answer.
And yes, they enjoy a hellofa electric bill.
Whew, I thought the headline was “Gay Hookups!”
Living here in Evanston, there is no need to visit the circus – the city government’s antics are more more hilarious than any clown show…
But the admission ticket is SO high. And don’t get me started on ‘high’ in Illinois.
Crime is spiking on Evanston — so this is their fix