Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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The prosperity along Oak Street may bring some relief to the Magnificent Mile, which is struggling with a number of empty storefronts, said John Vance, principal at Stone Real Estate Corp. The Magnificent Mile’s retail vacancy rate is about 25%.
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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.
Hermes, meet Louis Vuitton.
Hermes: Louis, what’s with those shattered storefront windows? Tsk-tsk.
Vuitton: Welcome to Chicago, my storefront guy’s on speed-dial. Let me introduce you to my friends here, Dior, Gucci, and Bottega Veneta; they’ve got same guy on speed-dial too. We’re all steady customers, you’ll be too.
Not shown behind the front glass doors are security doors that look like a bank vault. Same with the side door. I’m guessing the windows are also security windows.