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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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“protocol” put that officer in a horrible position. He should have asked the woman at the door if she was “ok”, and when she seemed to state that she was, he should have left. He NEVER should have been in her house. “Law enforcement” sent this young man into a horrible position. Solving human frailties is not the job of law enforcement.
This is one of those tough situations where I err on the side of the police. The woman was boiling water with no food around to cook. She takes the boiling water off the stove. Why would she do that? I don’t ever walk around holding a pot of hot boiling water, it’s very dangerous, I could spill it on myself cause injury. She also said some really weird psycho stuff like “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.” Why didn’t she like a normal person walk over to the police officers and explain why she thought there was… Read more »
Good info. I didn’t know about his partner. Sad.