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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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The State of Illinois including Chicago is under various Executive Orders as issued by Governor JB Pritzker due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Were the parades were exempt from the Executive Orders?
Or did the Governor, Mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot, Illinois State Senator Tammy Duckworth, and thousands of parade participants and watchers violate the Executive Orders on June 19, 2020?
Yes.
Chicago Sun-Times YouTube channel.
1:25 video.
Thousands march, dance downtown to celebrate Juneteenth, demand justice.
Jun 19, 2020.
Participants were seen having fun along the way dancing to music from a marching band that led the group to Daley Plaza. A separate interfaith rally was taking place at Grant Park.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-oJXG81yu4
Associated Press YouTube channel.
0:48 video.
Chicago marchers say Juneteenth represents hope.
Jun 19, 2020.
“Thousands gathered for a Juneteenth march and rally in downtown Chicago to commemorate the holiday traditionally celebrated to mark the end of slavery in the United States.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SddajAISjh8
WGN News (WGN-TV) YouTube channel.
1:51 video.
Juneteenth celebrated across Chicago areas.
June 19, 2020.
Friday is Juneteenth, the day that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdVKJXdLe2w
Associated Press Archive (AP Archive) YouTube channel. 0:50 video. Video posted June 24, 2020. Event took place June 19, 2020 (Juneteenth). “About a thousand people marched through downtown Chicago to celebrate Juneteenth. Chicago organizations, faith leaders and activists planned several marches around the city on Friday, with the largest expected downtown. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when news finally reached African Americans in Texas that President Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves living in Confederate states two years earlier. The day is gaining more attention this year as the coronavirus disproportionately affects black Americans and the calls… Read more »
CBS Chicago (WBBM-TV) YouTube channel.
1:59 video.
Thousands Expected To Gather At Juneteenth March, Rally Downtown.
June 19, 2020.
Thousands will march to commemorate Juneteenth, the day slavery officially ended in the United States in 1865.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bS_v_CCIQs
CBS Chicago (WBBM-TV) YouTube channel.
3:25 video.
Juneteenth Rally Against Racism.
Jun 19, 2020.
CBS 2’s Steven Graves reports on Friday’s march in Chicago commemorating Juneteenth and calls for justice and an end to police brutality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pLdf0Xr9bg
See Illinois leaders march in Juneteenth rally Illinois leaders, inlcuding Gov. J.B. Pritzker, march in a Juneteenth rally through downtown Chicago.
CNN’s Omar Jimenez reports on June 19, 2020.
Includes 2:22 video.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/06/19/leaders-march-in-chicago-keilar-jimenez-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/protests-george-floyd-death