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"These are all impossible decisions. We stepped back from a full stay-at-home order," Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said. "I hope everybody sees how much we're trying to give some people something while trying to make sure that we protect the health and safety of the people of Illinois."
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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.
I hope these bureaucrats see that since their mitigation strategies only appear to work when it’s not cold-and-flu season that their mitigation strategies don’t actually work at all.
We’re all in this together. Except for govt workers, the corrupt parasitic health care industry, the do nothing teachers union. Ignore ignore ignore everything these people say. Their communist liars, tyrants and grifters.
“So I hope everybody sees how much we’re trying to give some people something while trying to make sure that we protect the health and safety of the people of Illinois”
I hope he sees how damaging he, the governor and public health departments have been to trust in public health departments. They’ve damaged trust and public health far more than this virus. They have become worthless swine.
You will eat your crumbs and thank us benevolent leaders for them!
“PCR test cannot tell you if you have virus or dead chunk of it. No other virus ever on this planet has been accompanied by so much testing—has created so much nonsense & panic”
—Dr Stadler, Prof Emeritus & Former Dir of Institute for Immunology, Bern Univ
State’s top doctor–actress?
Jabba–actor?