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U.S. District Judge John Blakey wrote in a 44-page ruling that, “The fate of Madigan’s entire motion” actually rides on “routine, and meritless” objections to his wire fraud convictions, adding that the former speaker “clings to false hope.”
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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If he can get this n front of the corrupt IL Supreme Court he’ll be fine
Madigan is a A$$ and has help destroy Illinois. They should have a statue of him so the pigeons can Schitt on him.
As much as I hate to be seen as an advocate of Madigan, even a repeat lowlife that shoots someone, commits another robbery, etc. seems to get out of custody with sloppily enforced home confinement, electronic monitoring and so on. I seriously doubt Gramps is going to cut off an ankle bracelet and flee IL as others have.
I still think his sentence was too lenient. Drain his bank accounts and put it toward people who’s electric rates got hiked and who need it.
Like your idea.
Enough, lock this lying POS Dem up!!
Mikey “I am not a Crook” Madigan.