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The money is in addition to the $5 million donation the governor made last December.
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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.
When people talk about campaign finance reform, this the exact reason it is needed. I guess they only speak up when it is the Koch Brothers who are funding an initiative.
Essentially he is buying the state of Illinois and this is somehow legal? This is when the fed needs to step in and take control!
I assume one way or another jb is drawing the $51.5 mill from Pritzker family’s tax free/tax sheltered offshore trusts?
Probably not his money.
He just claims it is.
Disgusting that he can politically donate a tiny fraction of his billions so that we can all pay higher taxes. He is a fat, disgusting, evil man.