National Public Radio’s Debacle and the ‘Vibe Shift’ – Wirepoints
April 18, 2024
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Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
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More misuse of phony government "budget" numbers.
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Growing property tax burdens make this state unlivable for too many Illinoisans – Wirepoints joins Tom Miller of WJPF Carbondale
April 18, 2024
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Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
Illinois education officials keep trying to hide their failures behind excuse of “higher test standards” – Wirepoints
April 17, 2024
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Illinois’ dismal education numbers – especially for minority students – are embarrassing to politicians and officials. But rather than admit there’s a problem with Illinois’ education system, they attack the state’s own standards for being “too high,” instead.
Wilmette protects government speech…but not free speech. – Wirepoints on AM 560 Chicago’s Morning Answer
April 17, 2024
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Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the free speech controversy brewing in Wilmette due to the city’s refusal to fly a religious freedom flag, the city’s left-wing excesses and the growing culture war, the latest money spent on the illegal immigrant crisis, and more.
Chicago Weekly Crime Tracker – Wirepoints
April 17, 2024
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Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/14/2024.
Your reporting is just as disingenuous The same study you cite also says – “Just as being more than 80% funded does not assure a plan is adequately funded, a plan with a funded ratio below 80% should not necessarily be characterized as unhealthy without further examination. A plan’s actuarial funding method should have a built-in mechanism for moving the plan to the target of 100% funding. Provided the plan sponsor has the financial means and the commitment to make the necessary contributions, a particular funded ratio does not necessarily represent a significant problem.”
??? Nothing I said contradicts that.
Glennonsachump – you can’t possibly be serious. Glendon’s point was over shoddy reporting regarding the actual state of Chicago’s finances, and you cite a statement from a report that indicates that being 80 percent funded in some cases may not mean a fund is unhealthy. But look at Chicago. Depending on what fanciful rate of return one wishes to apply, Chicago’s funds are funded in the low 20th percentile range. They are surely unhealthy, and are rapidly heading to insolvency, if not already there in som sense. And you claim that somehow Glennon’s reporting is disingenuous? The only reason that… Read more »
Pierog is on my list (so far) 4 times
That’s up there with Hilary Russ, also from Reuters: 4 times
But not quite so high at CT Mirror’s Keith Phaneuf: 8 times