-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
SIGN UP HERE FOR FREE WIREPOINTS DAILY NEWSLETTER
FOLLOW US
WIREPOINTS ORIGINAL STORIES
Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
24 Comments
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
2 Comments
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
9 Comments
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
11 Comments
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
Well people who shop and live in north Michigan Avenue are generally very progressive and woke, so I’m sure they welcomed these window shoppers with welcome arms. And surely they can’t want more police presence because of this, why that would be racist, North Michigan avenuers I’m sure will demand that police be defunded and reduced there. In order to be fair to the many new window shoppers visiting this holiday season. I’m sure they left their high rises and rushed down to do some shopping.
Person’s gotta take a chance in life. Maybe you will have some big-time lootin’ and maybe you won’t. It’s only Satt’day night once a week. Fish jus’ wadn’t bitin’. Later brother.
While the loop, Mag Mile and the entire retail economy of Chicago falls apart, you allow these predators to terrorize the downtown business district and terrify the few citizens that still come downtown. Why were there no arrests? I saw video on channel 2 of these animals hitting police. Again, the wildings are not addressed . Did Lori and her band of enablers and restorative justice clowns tell the police to stand down like the first district command staff stood down when Jamal green blocked traffic for four hours on Columbus and Roosevelt kicking cars, blocking emergency vehicles, chanting f CPD… Read more »
We in charge now! Ya betta recnize baybee! Columbus replaced baybee! We be dancing on Columbus baybee!
Hoping you join the lead poisoning crowd soon.
It could happen to you.
Too bad you aren’t Jamal you loser. Jamal is a deadbeat dad kingfish style race hustler who can’t write.
Is writes well and take good care of my kids.
Saw the video – honor students from CPS, selective enrollment on a field trip to view the holiday decorations on Michigan Avenue… If Lori had a kid…