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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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For The Months Of January Through July, Chicago Saw 708 Carjackings, According To The City Of Chicago’s Online Data Portal — At That Daily Pace Of Between 3 And 4 Carjackings Every Single Day, Chicago Would See 1,219 Carjackings By The End Of This Year — At That Daily Pace, 2023 Would Also Be The Fourth Year In A Row Of 1,000 Plus Chicago Carjackings;
Thanks to Crooked/Corrupt Cook County Democrat Boss Toni Preckwinkle And State’s Attorney/Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx, you can’t arrest the ‘yutes’ for carjacking
https://cwbchicago.com/2018/05/report-county-leader-fights-juvenile.html
https://cwbchicago.com/2021/01/the-last-time-a-juvenile-was-charged-as-an-adult-with-carjacking-in-cook-county-february-2019.html
Down? or is it people no longer report crimes as it takes hours or days for the police to show up to just make out a report. Nothing else happens, it is a well-known fact by the criminals and the victims.