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Gwendolyn-James Martin, 59, of South Austin, asked Supt. Larry Snelling how he will improve the police clearance rates, and he replied, “Our clearance rates are higher than they’ve been in decades right now.” Snelling said the murder clearance rate for January is about 70 percent, with 19 of the 25 homicides committed this year cleared. But half of murder cases considered “solved” by Chicago police in 2021 didn’t lead to charges.
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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