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"Can Chicago afford to commit more police — perhaps hundreds of cops — to protect a statue from the wrath of political mobs, when street violence on the South and West sides claims the lives of children? I don’t think so."
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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He works for liberal Trib what more would be expected.
Demoncrats in Chicago have already proposed replacing the Columbus statues with a Marx and Lenin monument. They must honor their leaders.
Kass should know better.
She didn’t have to do it. What she did is what you do to avoid future mob activity if you don’t support law and order. You give in to the mob.
It’s what you do when you blame the victim, in this case, the victim being the people of Chicago who generally support law and order.
If she were pro law enforcement and rule of law, she’d support the police while pursuing ending department corruption, leave the statues in place, arrest vandals/violent protesters, and go about statue removals through the democratic process.
Kass is a joke. He like Biden has lost it. He is afraid Lori will get him fired for speaking against the new God , the BLM.
At some point you make a stand, if you are serious. Lightfoot just wants to play games with the mob. Lightfoot is derelict and a complete failure.
Another Caving to the Mob!
Disgusting!
I found this article fascinating. It is about DC, but could apply to Chicago as well. There are very few (save for outlets like Wirepoints and many of its contributors) who present a clear eyed economic look at the impacts of the riots and anarchy in urban areas like DC and Chicago. The blue city patronage model is failing, with economic consequences which will last for quite some time. By the way, my guess is that this author moved sixty miles away from DC to Virginia, likely Culpeper, which fits the description provided and is a short drive from Charlottesville.… Read more »
Thanks for sharing. Basically the same reasons we left Chicago shortly after Obama was elected to a second term. You could see The Chicago Way was going national. In that environment, no big city was going to thrive. They would accelerate their decay, succumbing to corrupt political establishments that don’t care about the actual lives of the citizens they serve but only their own power and wallets. All the while, stirring class and racial hatred to distract from their complete failures.