Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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Lunchroom workers plan to block traffic as contract talks with CPS stall – Chicago Sun-Times
At the same time, CPS has steadily decreased the number of lunchroom workers. CPS has 20 percent fewer lunchroom attendants, cooks and porters currently on staff compared to five years ago.
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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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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.
Put an apron on some of the teachers. Let them see what work feels like
In the People’s Republic of IL, there is always room in the calendar for a strike every day . Can’t wait for the homeless, repeat felons, child molesters and other dregs of humanity to block traffic and demand a fairer shake from the rest of society. Hey workers, ever try finding another job if you feel overworked and underpaid? That’s how people used to handle it when they had a backbone instead of trying to drum up sympathy from a public really tired of people walking around chanting Marxist dogma, carrying signs with stupid slogans and blowing whistles.
And 25% less students.
and 25% more teachers.