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"They can tear our patch off our arm, but they will never take what's in our heart," police Chief John Koziol said. "The men and women of the Mount Prospect Police Department will always honor our fallen brothers and sisters in law enforcement."
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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.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
With Discussion Beginning About Pension Buyout Program For Chicago, Beware of Baloney – Wirepoints
March 28, 2026
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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.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago’s Fiscal Crisis Has Passed the Point of No Return, Bond Market Already Signaling Collapse
March 25, 2026
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Full interview and summary linked here.
Next on Mt Prospect’s agenda according to the Mayor is Equity, Equality and diversity. Communists are in the minority in Mt. Prospect, but in the majority on the board, you can put the mayor in the communist category too as far as I am concerned.
What Happens When You Surrender To Woke ShitHeads — They Come Back With Even More Lunatic Demands — Mt. Prospect Village Board Kowtowed To Race Hustlers, Cop-Haters, Crime-Enablers, Fake-Activist-Frauds, In Banning Thin Blue Line Patch Honoring Fallen Officers — Now The Woke Mob Wants To Cancel Anything That Supports Police Officers – Chicago Daily Herald — Let Mt. Prospect Trustees Augie Filippone, Terri Gens, Peggy Pissarreck And Colleen Saccotelli Know How You Feel About Their Cop-Hating Garbage
I do believe the League of Communist Women voters of Arlington Heights were also behind this push.
Vote them all out of office MP! All cowards
Shame. Shame. Shame.
The ruling was no surprise.
This matter should have been voted on by the residents, not determined by a Board who is 3/4 left leaning.
You have my support Chief Koziol and all of the Mt. Prospect Police.
The Blue Line Patch should have been allowed to remain!
Makes negroes nervous! Makes sense to me. Most of them are hypes. Know any hypes who aren’t greasy and nervous?
Time for a First Amendment lawsuit