Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau said, "I personally do not want to see the city of Chicago become the standard for how we conduct public safety because they have abandoned their police officers, abandoned their residents and created a war zone full of criminals." Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case
November 5, 2026
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Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.
Not all Dupage Women are single issue voters, but we have far too many that are. Just take a look at the Radical Females on the Dupage County Board. Hopefully some of them will be ousted in November, but we also have to have honest elections, and that is not a guarantee.
Mr Mayor, you are are racist and a white supremacist, signed JB Pritzger
When you have nothing to run on, you engage in name calling.
Pekau is right. He needs to hammer on the safety issue all day long. Unfortunately he won’t beat Casten for the simple reason that DuPage women are single issue voters committed to abortion. They’ll be at the polls to vote in large numbers.