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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.
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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.
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I’m not going to the city for anything lately. When I did work in the city, visited, etc. I do not remember many B or B female servers.
Johnson Ban On Tipped Wage Would Hurt Businesses And Workers
I skimmed over the report which is based on 1,000 interviews. It certainly seems like there’s some bad players in the restaurant industry. I would hope that the major corporate players are not exploiting black and brown females like the report alleges. What I found really interesting is the report details how their minimum wage is between $9 and $15 but makes no mention of what their wage is when tips are included. Perhaps a better study would be to look into the Illinois Department of Labor and how they deal with this. There certainly should be some sort of… Read more »