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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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Waukegan is also getting in on the race hustle virtue signaling fad:
Waukegan Park District Board Says Golf Is Racist — REALLY? — EVER HEARD OF A FELLOW NAMED TIGER WOODS – Lake County News-Sun
“The discussion of the English language’s influence on American culture was spurred by Trustee Lucia Robinson, who used English-speaking mandates in areas along the United States-Mexico border as an example of how policies and practices can reinforce the systemic social barriers that create inequity.” OF COURSE! Progressives are such low IQ morons. Rejecting common sense cultural practices that been in place for millennia are not ‘systemic social barriers that create inequity’. When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do, is time-honored and sage wisdom to assimilate and succeed in any culture or society. The reality is that these people hate… Read more »
“Assess: Use data to shape goals and identify priority areas, but don’t “data dump” as that lacks depth and can perpetuate stereotypes.”
Be careful, data can reveal too many uncomfortable truths about what we’re doing!
Funny how they DIE people seem to be the people most likely to push stereotypes.
Oak Park has outrageous property taxes and high crime.
I lived there for a year after college graduation. I was mugged in front of my apartment building. Moved away shortly thereafter.
Why doesn’t the Wednesday Journal focus on issues that matter instead of reporting on this nonsense?
Hey, Wednesday Journal, why are there so many carjackings in Oak Park? Why do so many taxpayers flee your crappy overrated village?
Oak Park was a progressive suburb even in 19th century. It has legitimate zero debt-obligation to DEI cause.
Perhaps Oak Park & Evanston need to merge….
Oak Park Village Board Says That The English Language Is Racist White Supremacy