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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.
Can we polish her halo?
Actress
Its all smoke and mirrors to support their agenda.
No surprise that nurses and doctors are scarce, when Illinois has shown them nothing but contempt. Why should nurses and doctors put themselves and their families at further risk to extend life expectancy of public benefit entitlement recipients and those who vote for them? Illinois has declared in no uncertain terms that it places no value on nurses and doctors, at least not relative to public school teachers and administrators. Medical professionals already pay dearly for public benefits entitlement recipients in state income taxes and especially property taxes as well as enormous lost home value due to property tax rate… Read more »
A teacher or their union representative would rationalize that they deserve to retire at 55/58 while nurses retire ten years later because teaching nine months a year is much more demanding than nursing.
Additionally, they see nothing amoral in requiring nurses who cannot provide sufficiently for their own retirements to be required to finance educators’ eventual six figure compounding pensions.
Compared to teachers, those in the medical field are second class citizens in Illinois and that’s the way the unions are going to keep it.
Nurses have a union as well.. Would you want a nurse working on you when they are in their 60’s? I would think no. Older teachers cannot retire until 35 years of service so your numbers are off. As a matter of fact teachers for the last 10 years now have to work until 65. Know your facts and don’t be a hatter. Teachers pay over 9% of their salaries towards retirement. It comes from their checks and NOT paid by the district. How much do you put away for your retirement?
Actually Jeff, teachers hired after 2010 (tier 2) do not reach full retirement age until 67. They would take a 12% cut to their pension if they retired at 65.
Nothing prevents nurses from getting a pension. They just need to choose an employer who offers one. Nurses that work at the Hines VA come to mind. Average salary of 78k per year plus a pension and SS.
This is BS. 80 year old retired teachers make more in one year of retirement than they did in the first ten years of teaching. And you are saying 9% pay in pays for their pension? Lol. Only if they worked a hundred years
Silver lining – Hospitals will use this as an excuse to hire more foreign Doctors, Nurses, support staff, etc. The ‘Karens’ of healthcare will now get a good dose of reality of their myopic thinking.