-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
Summary and audio linked here.
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.
SIGN UP HERE FOR OUR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
Audio and summary
Surprise, Democratic judges let protesters off for attacking law enforcement!
They seemed overcharged. But charges of obstruction (blocking the SUV) and disorderly conduct seem appropriate. Their right to protest on the sidewalk was not denied. Seems like they wanted to get arrested to shine their far left reputations and to enhance their political careers. Oak Park’s far left Straw’s crowdfunding requires election donation disclosures. Why is that?