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Chicago Federation of Labor President Bob Reiter said it makes sense to hold off, and that negotiations between the mayor and organized labor are under way. “They have not made an ultimatum. It’s not them saying, ‘This is what’s gonna happen.’ Both sides are trying to figure out where we can find cost savings.”
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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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
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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
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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
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
Nothing like “negotiations” between non-adverse parties who can reach an agreement that becomes a “contract right” providing greater benefit than an act of the legislature. Statutes can be repealed or amended and create no enforceable expectations for the future. CBAs take on attributes of the Magna Carta and burden the sovereign people forever. It’s an infield grounder to the executive, tossed to the legislature to find the money and then rubber stamped by the court at short-stop if he gets his hands on it. And apparently it goes on forever so you don’t miss much if you arrive late. Taxpayers… Read more »
This should tell every signal voter in Chicago and the state of Illinois that the mayor and governor are incompetent. This article is a total admittance of her/his incompetence, people in Illinois wake up and smell the coffee and vote these people out of office. Don’t be like them and hope for the feds to come along to handle things we will all be long gone before this corruption ever ends in the city and state.what a group of worthless politicians from both parties waiting for Washington to come to the rescue, you total worthless individuals, free money off the… Read more »
Chicago is becoming increasingly irrelevant as technology marches forward. People with valuable skills do not have to live in Chicago in order to work. Government employment is not a sustainable industry as much as the mob government in Chicago would like people to believe. Even if there was a bailout, it would not last long, the city would need regular bailouts in order to continue to exist as it is.
Lightfoot needs to get President Trumps name out of her idiotic mouth! No bailouts!