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"Zeus is the Democratic Party of Illinois and Prometheus is young buck Kevin D. Ryan, a United States Marine Corp veteran, teacher, Oxford and Georgetown graduate, who is running in the Democratic primary for the Illinois Senate." When he returned from Afghanistan he left his teaching job to study at the University of Oxford. “I earned a graduate degree in diplomacy that took me to assignments across Europe, The Pentagon, and the U.S .Treasury Department including an assignment working directly for the commanding general of the Marine Corps.” And oh yeah, while he was in Washington, D.C. Kevin picked up a graduate degree in national security from Georgetown.
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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If he majored in the Dem playbook he could take Madigans place
“I’m 33 years old, the same age as Jesus!”
He’s a Democrat for certain, and his creds are a big WHOOP DEE DOO.
Despite his military record, article provides no information on how Kevin is any different than rest of Illinois dem machine politicians?
Wait, what? Honor and integrity?
Do you have something to say about his honor and integrity? Seems like a baseless slam against a United States Marine without any substance. Perhaps you were commenting on a different article?
My point was that he has honor and integrity, and it was intended as satirical indication of how surprising it is to see that. A good reminder that sarcasm and satire often go misunderstood, requiring a ; ) or something like that.
or /s at the end