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The "I Will" flag represents Cook County's lands, culture, history and inclusivity. There is the 'Y' created by the Chicago River at Wolf Point; Its green outline symbolizes riverbanks, nature and the county's forest preserves. Six red stars on the flag symbolize the founding of Cook County, Cook County Health, the Department of Public Health, the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, and the importance of townships and local government. And the color of the stars represents the color of social change.
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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Juvenile temporary detention center gets a star? WTF?
As with Chicago’s flag, you can hang it upside down, which is an international sign of distress, and nobody will notice. Very clever and appropriate.
What? No hammer and sickle to signify the worker’s struggle?
And what’s with the White Supremacist background color?
Some comrade didn’t do their job.
Missing the various rainbows
Suddenly, having gazed on their new flag, I am overcome with warm fuzzy feelings about Cook County.
Or maybe not, but what the heck.
At least it didn’t take much time, or money to design.
And a flag that looks like some sort of Scandinavian roadside train station sign is probably comforting in Chicago.
I guess…..
No rainbow?
***—And the color of the stars represents the color of social change.—***
The *red* color makes them look more like bullet wounds…
And we all know what social system is represented by the color red.
They forgot the chalk outline of dead bodies on the streets of Chicago
Hilarious, a new flag. One of the stars represents the founding of the juvenile joint! Before the juvenile place opened they were sent to the next best thing, CPS
Waste of resources.
Looks like a three year old threw up his crayons.