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People took to Twitter to share reactions to the commercial. Some called it cringe-worthy and insulting, while others played into the delivery joke, calling her a “Grubhub mayor.”
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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Laughable as this is to Wirepoints readers, most Chicago voters will likely buy it.
“It’s a funny old world…”
– Margaret Thatcher
Are you gaslighting your constituents, Mayor? Shame one you! And this, after all the damage you helped cause to a once-great city.
She’s an ice queen.
Who actually likes Lightfoot? Is the only way she could possibly win be rigging the election?
What a complete and utter joke, I feel more sorry for this city every single day. Talk about adding to the seasonal depression.
Well she kept me from being cool at Foster Beach during covid!
And my little dog too!
Real Americans are champions of the constitution and bill of rights. This individual is the opposite of American.
Larry Lightfoot shut down every city park and the lakefront for a year — even though no one in the world caught COVID outdoors