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The Obama Foundation hopes it will bring some 700,000 people to the South Side every year. Construction is expected to take four years to complete.
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
April 14, 2026
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
April 10, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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.
Cornerstone will read, ” Dedicated to Bathouse Barry”
These “tourists” will be no different than casino patrons who gamble, enjoy a comp’ed buffet meal, then hightail it out of town.
Chicago Tribune.
Obama center groundbreaking: Former president hopes new library and museum campus will EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE on Chicago’s South Side.
By Alice Yin.
September 28, 2021 at 10:59 AM.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-barack-obama-presidential-center-groundbreaking-20210928-5omzynt7ijh7dajic2mgo5eyxy-story.html
Empower young people, the Obama way.
The Obama Leftist Training Center is officially under construction!
Assets will trained for worldwide deployment!
The following from the IRS Form 990 filing for The Barack Obama Foundation for the year ending December 31, 2019:
“The Foundation’s mission is to inspire, empower, and connect people to change their world and to honor the legacy of President and Mrs. Obama.”
Just when we thought the Soldier Field eyesore was the worst marring of the lakeshore possible, along comes this monstrosity. Does anyone think the Obama industrial cooling tower design is attractive?
I think it looks like Azkaban. It belongs on Doty in the auto pound by Harborside. Soldier Field is the perfect venue for High School football, it’s a dump and nearly perfect for the Bears.