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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.
I use to live in a neighborhood that had a community crime watch. The police told us to call the regular police number if you saw anything suspicious or people who did not look like they belonged in the neighborhood. It was very effective at reducing crime to near zero. I agree with the UofC asian students – security means armed checkpoints around campus given the violence that has happened.
People need to get CC, particularly if you are Asian. That’s our reality, if you wish to survive here in Chicago. Otherwise leave. The road out is well worn.
I saw some links to tweets from a U of C graduate student who attended that townhall safety meeting. This white liberal soy boy was appalled that the primarily asian student population wanted more police, more random stops, more cameras, more proactive enforcement. Didn’t the asian population understand this was a step backwards from abolition (of prisons and police, of course). The dude went almost into seizures on his twitter feed when one asian student suggested that police erect physical barriers to prevent people who don’t belong on campus from coming on campus! how could these students be so racist!!!… Read more »
It’s amazing! I love it, put up barriers or fences to enclose the neighborhood. I’ve found Asian thinking well grounded in logic regardless. They recognize the problem and present simple solutions. How is the Windbag factory going to address these concerns? Maybe a blue ribbon inclusive commission!
UoChicago administration has its long-established own large police force, blue-light call-boxes, and whistle patrol, but still refuses to acknowledge that their largely naive student-body is very vulnerable to being victimized by street-crime and property-theft/burglary. Administrators carefully avoid discussions regarding who those aggressors are, and how/if students can protect themselves (even if it makes them look “racist”).
Chinese and other Asian international students are far less likely to fear “racist” label, and are willing to call-out administrators on their hypocrisy and intentional neglect of students’ safety.
Good article – crap headline — I fixed it for you:
Hyde Park Libtards Getting A Reality Bitchslap — Over How Their Soft On Crime Horseshit Can Destroy Neighborhoods
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Epistemology, sheet! I’m all in! Build more jails!