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According to Angel Valdes, a volunteer on the citizen patrol, it feels like he and others are making a difference, even if it may not be reflected in the latest police statistics. “What I do is drive by blow the horn and let them know I’m here,” Valdes said. “And they feel more comfortable.”
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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.
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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.
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How about some police protection?
Just how stupid are these people. Pay for police protection, and don’t get what you paid for. Provide it yourself instead. Then re-elect the people who took your money but didn’t provide the service. Just shockingly stupid people.
Invite the third world, become the third world…
Hmm, I paid property taxes to fund the CPD. Where can I get some help?