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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.
Hey Brooks, you want change? I’ll give you change: Keep people caught committing a felony in jail until trial. Hold the CTU accountable for not educating students. Tell lifelong welfare recipients to go get jobs. Make parents accountable for the whereabouts and actions of their minor children. Have those with several children by several different women step up and become a responsible person. It’s a good start.
In America, you can’t hold people in jail until trial based just on an accusation.
Just spit balling, but I suspect Indiana is referring to the the Safe-T Act where even previously convicted violent offenders are rarely kept in custody for repeated violent acts. There is a balance of public safety vs rights of the accused where a judge considers bail options. This of course has been largely eliminated frequently jeopardizing public safety for the latter.
Yes, perhaps I unfairly focused on his simplified wording of it.