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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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Ya know what Pritzker says this says that, conclusion, he has no facts period.
It’s my understanding, unlike NYC, Chicago has no “Right to Shelter” ordinance as part of Chicago sanctuary city ordinance. So, I’m confused what are Chicago’s legal obligations, if any, to house/shelter migrants: How is city deciding which migrants to provide shelter for? anyone who walks into a police station and says they’re an asylum seeker? any migrant who filed TPS at border?, etc, etc? Can any of the current 100s of thousand undocumented immigrants in Chicago or any of the 10s of thousands of US citizen homeless potentially sign-up to be housed in city proposed facilities or receive benefits as… Read more »
Where’s Mine, I heard they’re gonna phase out shelter for illegals at the same time they phase out Affirmative Action.
Pritzker is concerned about the optics for his presidential nomination at the Democrat Convention in August 2024. Virtually every action of Illinois state government is for the Pritzker 2024 Presidential campaign.
Tom, totally agree. He cares nothing about the consequences for IL a few years out, when he hopes to be in higher office.
He will never be President. Though I am certain he believes he can win, he cannot.
BJ already in a public cat fight with the Governor. From the Sun Times article: “In response to Pritzker, Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, the mayor’s floor leader, posted the most strident pushback against the state so far from a Johnson ally. “This is particularly ludicrous coming from JB given that lack of meaningful support from the State of Illinois has pushed the city in this direction,” Ramirez-Rosa posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “New York state has opened multiple migrant shelters. The State of Illinois operates ZERO shelters. ZERO. Open some shelters JB!” ‘ Both of ’em out of money… Read more »
Pritzker may want to let up on the chit-chat and let the Johnson build those ‘temporary’ tent shelters – many more illegal aliens on the way, and they need LOTS of services.
Thank goodness I live in rural Illinois – we’re safe from invaders … for the time being.
Pritzker can put all the illegals in his hotels — or in his house where he tore out all the toilets to cheat on his taxes
Any building housing a large numbers of border jumpers will require a tear down when(if) they leave.
“Could” = not too awful a choice of words; “should” = better; “will” = best.
Hmmmm, look’s like jbs realizing a ton of migrants housed in tents city wide is not going to be a good look come dem convention time?