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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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Oak Park’s police department is well led, it is excellent. The problem in Oak Park isn’t the department, the problem is a majority far left council with anti police bias. The department publicly explained in detail how the recent “teen takeover” of around 500 “kids” was handled. Apparently keeping a lid on 500 kids, most from Austin, some of whom fired shots, and leading the crowd back to Austin with no one hurt and no arrests is not good enough. The far left council members insult the department by insisting on a dog & pony review by a consultant. They… Read more »
Police Departments mission statements should reflect their main purposes – ‘law enforcement’ & ‘public safety’…
They should be devoid of any & all special treatments for specific groups…
Equal application/enforcement of all laws across the board, treating people with dignity & respect…
‘Justice’ needs to be blind, otherwise we are left with ‘just-us’…
I agree. However, the fact of bias against certain populations has been validated. Current policing has not been blind. How do you propose that bias be eliminated?
Better behavior on the part of those who constantly cry bias but do nothing to hold people accountable. This doesn’t change without a change in the culture that produces it.
Bias is a fact of life, we all have it, some more than others…
There is no ‘quick fix’, it’s a cultural change that starts with the leadership in LE…
Leaders that embrace fair & equal application/enforcement of all laws across the board, treating people with dignity & respect, will teach their subordinates the same…
The result will be more ‘blind’ policing as you say…