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"But would Pritzker’s hometown of Chicago really miss southern Illinois? Probably not. Let’s face it, the big city regards the rest of the state as an irrelevant agricultural appendage. But here’s what we do care about: The Hoosiers are also going after an institution central to our civic identity, the Bears."
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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.
Wow. So much delusion in this missive. Edward McClelland needs some serious therapy, or simply needs a new therapist. Get help, Eddie. You need it. Indiana has been poaching businesses from Illinois for decades now. It’s actually fairly easy. Illinois’ political animals make a move to Indiana a no-brainer. Hoist Lift Truck, a business founded in the Clearing neighborhood, tried mightily to expand their operation, eventually taking over much of the buildings over by 65th and Natchez. They finally had enough of Illinois bureaucrats and bolted for Indiana. It’s not just Indiana. Texas and Florida have been welcoming business refugees… Read more »
This piece provides a useful, but terrifying, insight into the delusional mind of a far-left liberal, who lives in a world of make-believe and carefully constructed lies. The ridiculous beliefs, the faux moral superiority, the unwarranted arrogance, and most importantly, the obliviousness as to how others actually see Chicago and Illinois. Nobody wants to be Illinois. No one looks to Illinois and says “They the top dog”. They mock us, they laugh at us, we are the red-headed step-child whipping boy for most of the country. We mean so little that our ‘peers’ like LA and NY don’t think about… Read more »
Yeah, no tears for a professional sports franchise worth billions that is always looking for the taxpayers to fund their latest stadium. The Bears have proven themselves to be a call girl available to the highest bidder.
Why are the Indiana areas close to the eastern IL border booming with new home construction and IL residents moving there? It’s a closer commute to Chicago than some of the southern suburbs, property taxes are much lower, and more house for the money. Find out how many from IL have moved to IN compared to IN residents to IL before you go dissing Indiana.
I read the article dissing Indiana and Indianapolis and all I could think was “Well, Illinois is a corrupt, bankrupt cesspool whose largest city is nicknamed Chiraq, Chicongo, and other derogatory names with people fleeing both it, and the state itself, but yeah, make fun of Indiana if it makes your pathetic life in Ill-annoy feel better.”
Why the people of Indiana would want to import Illinois is a separate matter.
The people of the city have a lot more connections to people downstate than folks realize, I suspect.