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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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No shit Sherlock, they can improve, but will not. Cops are paid the same not to respond as they are to respond. Their job is now only to fill out paperwork. They could care less about catching anyone. Sad but true. They are only trying to stay alive to enjoy their pensions in Punta Gorda, Fl. home of the retired Chitty of Chicago Cop.
Looking for some screen repairs on my lanai covering my recently refurbished and enlarged pool. Do you have any suggestions?
911 radio, “Any units available in 016 for a burglary in progress”. Response from district watch commander, “No units available they are all handling baby daddy dramas in 011”.
The result of “bare-bones” staffing levels…
I wonder how many beats have been consolidated to give the illusion of coverage…?
The proud super-charged sports car that was once the CPD…
Is now a beat up old clunker that barely starts & breaks down often…
The fault lies squarely at the top…
Fish rot from the head.
Down!
Police manpower from all over the north and northwest side has been compromised in order to send more cops into those certain neighborhoods that have always been crime ridden cesspools. Remember in 2021 over 400,000 emergency calls to 911 went unanswered. When seconds count the cops will never show up.
Spot on, but the 2nd Amendment is instantaneous.