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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.
That’s a hoot…….”Rahm’s a Trump-like liar” !
Trump’s lies are childs-play compared to Obama’s and Hillary’s……….but that wouldn’t go so well in Chicago’s Mayor race !
Hilarious. My guy may lie but your guy lies more…..na na na na na na
Like a kindergartener getting caught by the teacher and and says…..but Ronnie did it too.
What do we tell our children when there caught and say…”but Hillary did it too”?
When are excuses like that ever gonna be called out?
When will Country and State come first…..and not partisanship?
When will the adults in the room have enuff?
When every last Cook County Dem is either imprisoned or run out of Illinois.
Big difference between us Mark. I do not believe one party has a monopoly of wisdom.
I certainly do not believe one side should be imprisoned or banished as you just expressed.
You viewpoint is very revealing. Says allot. I expect you to edit it soon.
I’m no GOP fan, federal or state. Few in the General Assembly have a clew. But this above all else, now and forever: THE MACHINE MUST BE DESTROYED. https://wirepoints.org/for-2016-in-illinois-update-cato-the-machine-must-be-destroyed-wp-original/
This was a good read. But Mark, do you want to be a entertainer or info-tainer like a Sean Hanity or a Rush or the lefts equivalent?
Or do ya wanna be respected as a journalist with a serious message?
Because if Dems need to be imprisoned or destroyed as you said, then its hard to take your messages seriously but enjoyable creative writing.
Yes, I deeply aspire to be respected as a journalist with a serious message. (That they should be imprisoned or run out of the state.)
Well done Mark,
I do respect your gumption and steel balz and humor.
Gene and Georgettes, old Italion men servers in white shirts, linen white tablecloths, steaks, cigars, Frangelica, and of course laughs.
I raise my glass to you!
But I still expect an edit…sleep on it… and edit fix it in the morning for gosh sakes…ya really dont want to go on record as wanting to imprison or banish democrats from the kingdom…or to destroy their dem machine, they took years to build it…seems a tad extreme….but hey your street cred as a conservative is safe and sound.
Nah.