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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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All those gun control laws are doing wonders for the safety of citizens in Chicago. It’s a wonder there are any gun crimes in Chicago at all. By the way I have a bascule bridge for sale on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Any takers?
GOOD!!! Tired of these tyrants trying to destroy the 2nd amendment
JB won’t be happy until every firearm owner is breaking the law, it’s getting close now with all this unconstitutional laws.