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The district pointed to declining enrollment, saying elementary schools are below capacity, and it needs to cut $10 million to $15 million to balance the budget after several years of deficits. The district said it can save about $2 million in operating expenses for each school they close.
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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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.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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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.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
And remember, Evanston Mayor Dan Biss wants you to elect him to Congress so that he can bring this same local morass onto the National stage.
I have a great solution that all Evanstonians are guaranteed to love, being the good liberals they are. Much higher real estate taxes. See problem solved in the good old democratic party way. They’ll love it.
The poor Evanstonians! They paid all those high property taxes for years and have nothing to show for it but a dingy lifeless city.
Not true. They also got the satisfaction of paying reparations. They love to pay more taxes to pay for all their virtue signaling. Why else would they elect their current leaders. Sure it costs more but they get to tell all their friends that their town is so great. How could you put a price on that?
PPF for the win!
They could easily make up that $10 mm shortfall by raising the taxes at Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and Starbucks. No Evanstonian can do without those three.