Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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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.
If Vallas were mayor we would have an entirely different approach to these problems. But that is wishful thinking. “Bold Action” from JB? Sure, let’s see when that is coming. From a political standpoint he doesn’t need to do anything for the Mayor or the City. He already gets 70 percent of the vote from the City and the way the polls are going against Brandon, JB is better off stiff arming him than helping him.
Great editorial by Vallas accept he doesn’t mention end of ESSER COVID funding. But the big mystery continues– why are ZERO of the issues Vallas, WP, IPI regularly disused not even mentioned with the Chalkbeat, ST/WBEZ-S.Karp/N. Issa reporters?? Normally I’m a big fan of the Fran Spielman show, but her most recent show interview with Karp & Issa (https://art19.com/shows/the-fran-spielman-show/episodes/6cc8fe1d-2702-4ada-82c5-8dae736b4ef2) seem more focused solely on the political fight between CPS & CTU and CTU losing jobs due to what they perceive as lack of funding, as if kids, parents and taxpayers don’t matter. Karp almost seems a big fan of CTU/Brandon.… Read more »
Ohtani’s underfunded at $70M per year. I’ll bet there’s someone out there that believes that, too.