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Said state Sen. Sara Feigenholtz, who is sponsoring the bill, "This is a piece of legislation that sort of lays the groundwork about the right to charge."
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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.
Two words: “Sara Feigenholtz”
LOL…!!!
Illinois Democrats are pushing electric cars no one wants
— electric cars are unaffordable
— electric cars are (per Consumer Reports) less reliable than gas cars
— charging is a nightmare
— range is too low
— range is even worse in cold weather
— batteries impossible to replace
— electric car batteries can catch fire and burn out of control
They know this. They don’t want you driving. Walk your little behind over to the bus stop and catch the electric bus.
I agree the government is pushing vehicles that are not in high demand in the U.S., yet they are in demand in the largest and third largest new vehicle markets on the planet. Some of your points are valid but the EV market is changing quickly. Average price of an EV is in the mid $60K range while the average price of an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle is just under $50K. But that is changing. VW is coming out with a $25K EV and so is Tesla. China sells EV’s for as little as $5K – it’s like a… Read more »
EVs are coal powered vehicles.
They can be. That’s the irony in the push to EV’s.