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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.
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.
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The constitution states only US citizens can vote. Since when does proving citizenship and an ID proving who you are and where you live violate the constitution? Not requiring proof enables voting fraud.
Here is some info on how ancients Greeks voted.
https://www.history.com/articles/ancient-elections-voting
https://www.ancient-peoples.com/how-did-voting-define-government-and-politics-in-ancient-greece/
Since when did the constitution state “only US citizens can vote”? I am all for voter ID and citizenship to vote but the constitution doesn’t require it.