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"Unfortunately, achieving true justice for victims of crime will take a back seat to the criminal justice reform advocates who measure progress solely by falling jail population."
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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Most people do not feel safe in Chicago. That is one of the reasons downtown is dying.
EXACTLY. Police can do their jobs. Judges can make rulings . The Foxx fiasco is over.