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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.
Pritzker needs to lose the unwarranted and illegal ‘executive powers’.
Not sure if this is a criminal violation, but it certainly is unethical.
Can people supporting this governor wake up? He’s so obviously making this a political stand. It’s killing small businesses in order to claim “Trump did it”. Thankfully some of the suburban mayor’s are standing up to this. Lightfoot would be wise to follow! Open up the state! Now!
Stop manipulating the data to fit your agenda JB!! And do your job protecting the elderly in nursing homes, which obviously isn’t happening!!!!
As expected, most of the outbreaks are occurring in nursing homes and long term care facilities. Only about 1% (448 out of 43,000) came from bars and restaurants, yet those businesses are being forced to close down by edicts from the pillsbury dough boy. What a shameful state we live in.
Just lost my appetite for crescent rolls.