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The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of how Chicago is delivering poor results to its black residents in its piece describing Mayor Johnson’s hiring practices and how they led to a DOJ investigation.
Read Race, Hiring and Chicago’s Mayor HERE
Read more from Wirepoints:
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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If people would only overlook the color of the candidate and focus on the qualifications, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.
Johnson has played the race card since day 1. Chicago needs to represent all citizens.