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State Sen. Mike Simmons said while he's happy that Illinois is on a path to becoming free of fossil fuels, he voted "present" due to Exelon rate hikes and additional fees on residents. "...SB 2408 implements a rate hike on lower-income folks and local businesses that are trying to weather an unrelenting pandemic. I also have concerns with giving more money to Exelon right now when the public’s trust has been abused systemically in recent years by Commonwealth Edison."
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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.
So will the State of Illinois agricultural output decline because crops do not grow through solar panels?
Opportunity cost analysis anywhere to be found?
So the company that Bribes politicians now just threatens them and placates them with some bill that will never ever come to Fruition. That group in Springfield is even more stupid then I thought.
I’m not a gambler but I can bet this ignorant man (Pritzker) did not read one word of this bill he has no clue what’s enclosed in this bill, god only knows what the sneaky politicians in Springfield hid in this bill. 1,000 pages in under two days not a chance in hell, Pritzker you are nothing but a fraud.
Forget electric vehicles. How about this. Sorry it’s gross
https://www.wired.com/2009/07/pee-powered-cars/
If this works they will have to legalize that all passengers can drink but not the driver. Everyone has a six pack and you have to pull over every few miles to fill the tank. Will work on generators also.
https://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/12/23/urine-powered-generator-6-hours-of-power-on-1-liter-of-pee/
Beautiful use of hydrogen, as long as the electrolysis process is low energy, its worth converting out the hydrogen even at a net loss of energy overall. Because the hydrogen is much more useful/portable in the end.
I hope to be out of here by 2025