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“No branch shall exercise the powers belonging to the other,” state Rep. Dan Ugaste said, referring to the state legislature's hands-off approach to checking Pritzker. “What are we doing? Why are we letting this go on? Why won’t you join me? What is it going to take?”
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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.
This tyranny will end when these officials are gone from office or the taxpaying residents are gone from Illinois.
And here people thought the shenanigan’s would end with Madigan gone.
Go figure until we the people start opening are mouths and screaming Springfield just sits back and does what they want. Eventually with people leaving this state at one of the highest rates in the country Illinois will soon be a poor based tax state high wage earners are leaving, soon it will read Welcome to Illinois the Land of Freebies and Welfare All illegals welcome with open arms.