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Chicago’s quarantine rules regarding states with high infection rates further hinders hotels’ chance to rebound, said Michael Jacobson, president and CEO of the Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association. “It won’t surprise me if they don’t open until next year. Some might choose not to reopen until the demand is there. Hotels might be losing more money to stay open."
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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.
Old Town – Sunday 8/23 – a small shootout… Can’t imagine why anyone wouldn’t come here… Such a great place to visit… If you own kevlar.
On tourism I am afraid the fat lady has started to sing, on Illinois’s financial situation, she is clearing her throat.
All will be revealed in only a matter of time…tick tock tick.
God Bless America.
Note that the drop in tourism is blamed entirely on the pandemic. No mention at all of the rioting, looting and other recent mayhem as a possible reason for people being reluctant to come here.
I noticed a similar omission in a radio story I heard today.
Do they really think that, once the pandemic is over, everything will be OK and people will come flocking back to Chicago?
Totally true statement. Thanks to lori and the Democrats for allowing the domestic terrorist Marxist blm organization to do anything they want. She has empowered them.
Chicago tourism is done forever