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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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How about a little incredible display for compliance with the laws of Illinois and the US. And I can’t wait to see how patriotic all these caravaners are on the Fourth of July.
What other major cities permit such unorganized public mayhem to occur for an annual ethnic holiday event?
What other major cities allow large rowdy groups to congregate in their business-tourist districts, drinking and getting high, blocking street traffic, fighting, flaunting weapons, littering and yelling obscenities, attacking police and each other, and disrupting lives of folks who live and work in those beset areas. It’s a riot, not “ethnic celebration”
Answer is none. This is a Chicago creation, another example of our sad-sack city overtaken by antisocial folks intent on mayhem and damage.
Mexican Independence Day Was Celebrated Downtown And Other Parts Of The City — With Non-Stop Horn Honking, Traffic Blocking Car Caravans, Dangerous Driving And Reckless Car Stunts, Illegal Guns, Stabbings, Gang Members, Mob Violence, Drugs, And Numerous Violent Assaults On Police Officers, With Many Of Them Involving Career Criminals — BUT MAYOR JOHNSON HAS NO PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THAT – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago