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Ald. Eleanor Revelle is concerned about Northwestern’s plan to divert groundwater for the new stadium and send it to the North Shore Channel. She said the diversion could cause the earth to sink and deprive area trees of groundwater. Revelle’s potential opposition could be crucial in a town where progressive politics and environmental issues weigh heavily.
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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The homosexual hazing shows the Northwestern FB tp be completely out of control – How could a HC, AD, and Chancellor allow such nonsense to go on, and for so long!? They all should be fired. Surprised B1G hasn’t done something.