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House lawmakers in Springfield have elected Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch to replace Michael Madigan and become the first Black speaker of the House. Note: Read the statement outgoing Speaker Michael Madigan released upon Welch's election here.
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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I’m already yearning for the glory days of Mike Madigan.
The car driving over the cliff just went into light speed.
So now an old crooked white guy has been replaced by a racist, wife beater loser who reports to the domestic terrorist blm Marxist organization and the incompetent black and Latino caucuses.
In his statement he says”when you are oppressed for 400 Years -blah blah blah” I didn’t realize he was that old. Looks to me like he has had a pretty good and prosperous life
Illinois and Chicago voters- You get what you voted for!
Let the exodus continue.
If Illinois had an Electoral College, Illinois would be RED!
We all knew Madigan would retreat into the shadows.
This individual I would say man but man he is not domestic battery, beats his girlfriends head on countertop etc, and the criminals in Springfield put this individual in as speaker of the house. Question we’re where the 19 woman in the caucus that said it’s time for a woman to lead Illinois were did you go ladies were did your votes go everything you stand for the me to movement this is utter bullshit when a individual like this gets put in a high priority position. THIS IS A TOTAL TRAVESTY TO THE PEOLE OF ILLINOIS god help us… Read more »
Wow. From Octogenarian Criminal to Wife beater. Well done Illinois Democrats. Somewhere the ghost of Abraham Lincoln is weeping.
so #metoo is now officially over. I love the state of Illinois!
I guess the “me too” movement is officially done in Illinois.
It’s never done for conservatives