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“We’ll continue to offer state police. We want to do everything we can to support the city as we did back in May and June when the mayhem and looting was occurring back then," Pritzker said.
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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.
Oh great – now we get to pay quadruple overtime to a bunch of double dipping public sector union cronies. At least CPD earns. Troopers? What a joke.
March in a parade supporting the police Governor Pritzker.
Afterwards give a speech supporting the police.
Praise all the positive things the police have done.
Denounce protestors harassing the police.
There doesn’t appear to be anyone who has leadership in Illinois.
How about starting with the obvious– Kim Foxx is not doing her job and is encouraging rioters by not prosecuting felonies. And how about asking for some help from the National Guard that would be largely paid for by the federal government so broke Illinois doesn’t get further in debt.
The Dictator will continue to do whatever President Trump has already done
VOTE DEM IN NOV WE WANT THIS ALL TO CONTINUE, EVERY DEM VOTE WILL BE TELLING THE WORLD THIS.!!!
I LOVE DEMS I WILL DIE FOR THEM.!!!