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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.
This is all BS. The media is distorting this. First Class Mail does not guarantee delivery time. I’ve had things take almost ten days to get delivered. I wouldn’t trust my ballot to First Class Mail. The people crying about their medication taking too long need to complain the their provider. I would guess that in an effort to shave $4 from shipping the provider is using the lower cost First Class Parcel which has no delivery guarantee. And if your mail needs to go through a city that’s having a lock-down or protest don’t be surprised if you never… Read more »
Germany, UK & netherlands have already privitized thier postal service’s. Germany’s postal system is apparently a big success. I haven’t been in an actual post office in ages because the local ups on the corner does everything post office does for a fraction of the hassle, realize they’re not delivering mail. Every year i recieve less & less mail because everything done on internet. Believe Dejoys removing sorting machines are further attempts effecincy thru privitize postal services because truth is much of the sorting & transportation is already outscourced and unions are up in arms. https://www.newsweek.com/uk-germany-others-have-privatized-their-postal-service-would-it-work-us-1524729
The truth about USPS mailboxes is that, other than occasionally using one specifically at or inside a post office facility, I haven’t trusted one of those things in more than 30 years.
P.S. Even using those boxes is highly risky because a large percentage of the time the letter gets lost anyway.