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Proponents say it will create thousands of clean energy jobs and put Illinois one step closer to meeting goals set out in the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act. Those jobs would be offered to underserved residents.
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.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Has anyone undertaken or even proposed a study of the effect wind farms might have on the environment —I mean like the fish in the lake ? We already know they don’t help the bird population. I find it rather strange that high rise buildings are asked to turn off their lights at times during the birds migratory season. What are we going to do with the windmills ??
Wait till January Lake ice crushes these boondoggles like a bug
Pure Landscape Pollution!