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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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Then up here in Evanston there was this: https://evanstonnow.com/palestine-activists-disrupt-council-meeting/ Palestine activists disrupt Council meeting by Bill Smith December 12, 2023 “Activists demanding an immediate cease fire in Gaza brought the Evanston City Council’s business to a halt for nearly a half hour Monday night after dominating more than an hour of public comment earlier in the meeting… While some of the demonstrators claimed to be Evanston residents, others appeared to be activists from across the metro area aligned with the U.S. Palestinian Community Network — which posted a video of the protest to its Instagram feed — and from a… Read more »
Wonder where these groups get their funding?
What was the student’s reactions to the October 7th videos?
“Around 1,200 Israelis were killed in the initial attack carried out by Hamas, which was reported to have been known by Israel as much as a year in advance, the New York Times said.”
See here the New York Times is blaming Israel because they didn’t prevent the attack. Why is that sentence even relevant. Thanks for that list of businesses I’ll be sure to stay away from Eifffel Waffles in my town.
Nadia, do Islamic schools teach cause and effect or actions and consequences?