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Crain’s Chicago Business journalist Danny Ecker noted that while some companies are reducing the amount of space they’re leasing, even more inventory is being created. “You just have a lot of supply and that’s in addition to the fact that you’ve got a couple of big towers that are under construction downtown right now."
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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.
It is time to condemn and bulldoze those cesspools of Chinese Virus!
An immediate proclamation by the Governor of all Illinois, J. Beluga Pritzker, is needed: One person per elevator from here on out and it must not be re-used until it has been thoroughly wiped down with a 90% alcohol solution (151 rum if nothing else is available).
Please J. Beluga, save us all!!!
P.S. Millennials puking in elevators do not count as a 151 rum cleanup.
Wanta watch me puke?
In an Uber or elevator?
Both. I can puke, anytime, anyplace on demand.