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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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Why not implement San Francisco’s wildly successful program. They have designated every third section of sidewalk as a public toilet at no cost. They rely on residents for clean up and sanitation. The SF public toilets get more use than the city council had expected and are now designating every other section of sidewalk to be a public toilet. If it works in San Fran it will work in chicago
Put out portable potty’s
Quote: “The more that we talked both to residents, to those experiencing homelessness and those who have homeless neighbors, it felt like a logical thing that we could do that would improve hygiene for those experiencing really deep needs, and also create a better quality of life for all of our neighbors,” La Spata said…” I’ve worked for homeless agencies, and have served the homeless in other capacities. I can state *absolutely* that the street homeless WILL trash *any* public restroom facilities. Street people will use the restrooms for sex, to use drugs, to sleep in and to live in.… Read more »