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Teachers’ unions have had unmatched access to the public officials in determining the future of rules that will affect both public and private schools. Private schools and parents were not invited to participate. But then they demanded to be heard, by filing their opposition to the bill, demonstrating at the state capitol and making scores of phone calls to their local representatives.
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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.
17,000 objections, 17,000 OUT votes next year for Governor Freddie and beyond.
Why am I not surprised they drop it.
I can tell you this. Folks I speak too are very VERY angry about what is happening in Illinois now. Many from downstate.
Like the “Fair Tax”, if folks have a reason to come out and vote next year then Freddie is done.
I believe they have a reason. The utter lawlessness, corruption and money laundering happening in the state right now, all on the taxpayer dime.
The decimation of the private sector.
Power to the people.