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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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Like most cameras in use now, they are an investigative tool…
To be accessed after the fact, to try & identify perpetrators…
ISP does not have the manpower to monitor in real time…
HOWEVER…
This being Illinois, will it morph into a cash generating *speeding ticket* (& other traffic offenses) scheme…?
That would be my biggest concern…
What isn’t ripe for abuse in Illinois
I’ve seen this covered on the news lately, and it’s always positioned that this is some kind of miracle cure for the violence we see every day in Chicago. Funny thing is, they never give one example of a case where a highway camera contributed to an arrest or prosecution, despite all the cameras already in place.
New Highway Cameras In Illinois Will Be Used To Investigate Hijacking And Forcible Felonies Such As Murder, Criminal Sexual Assault, Robbery, Burglary, Arson, Kidnapping And Aggravated Battery — But Crime Enabling Cop Haters Say Cameras Violate The Made-Up Privacy Rights Of Highway Crime-Thugs