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“What seems to be the priority in this resolution is incumbency protection and incumbency suggestions over the overwhelming input that we got from community groups to slow this down, give them time to analyze it, give them the reasons in this resolution before we have to vote on it,” state Rep. Avery Bourne said. “Give them more than 30 minutes.”
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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.
Yesterda, Wasserman on twitter laid out a potential US House map for Illinois that was, at best for Republicans, 14(D)-3(R), (right now we are 13(D)-5(R)). All of the comments were like “BUT TEXAS GERRYMANDERS TOO!” and “WE NEED TO DO THIS TO SAVE THE HOUSE!”
Think about this ‘democracy’. Trump had over 40% of IL votes in 2020. So those voters must be punished, and their voice in DC must be reduced from 40% of the vote, all the way down to 17.6% of the vote.
MUH DEMOCRACY!!!
What other way is there to be a demorat unless you cheat?