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The city is also cracking down on personal services and gyms. Among other restrictions, residential property managers will be asked to limit guest entry to five per unit to avoid indoor gatherings and parties and pservices requiring the removal of face coverings will no longer be permitted (shaves, facials, etc.).
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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.
Seems to me like the Democratic Party has joined the Socialists and Communists to take down the U.S. economy, starting with small business.
That is exactly how Communism is implemented in a formerly free and mostly self-sufficient society.
No problem, give each customer a complimentary bag of potato chips!
The psychological aspects of this is stupefying.
So I thought several years back in order to have a liquor license in the state of corruption you had to serve food of some sort, so whats new commandment lightfoot
Probably waiting until Friday when the temps are supposed to be up in the 90’s again with high humidity. So smart (NOT).
The tests numbers are padded.
This is all FABRICATED. CASES means nothing – they completely pre-planned to keep it going with this useless metric — “supported” by useless “tests” which can perpetuate into infinity. Leadfoot continues her grand evil scheme to break the City entirely – how utterly despicable. Who is going to stand up to this tyranny and devastation of regular workers??? All should be in serious mourning at this point.