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“We have to understand that these family-owned restaurants are on the brink of closure forever and taking their jobs with them forever,” said Chicago Restaurant Coordinator Roger Romanelli.
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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.
Man up already and fight these tyrants. Your businesses and way of life are being destroyed.
Honestly, that’s my view and opinion on this as well. I made a comment before about not supporting/standing up for these businesses who won’t even stand up and fight for themselves.
It’s time to stand up against this….
https://www.dailywire.com/news/shapiro-dont-let-covid-19-lockdowns-become-a-permanent-power-grab
Begging now instead of standing up for yourselves let these communist politicians violate you even more. Remember none of this is legal all you are doing is letting them violate your constitutional rights. God man stickup for yourselves.
Why bother–he will be in Florida on his extended family trip.
It is so hard to believe and so sad that these business owners have been reduced to begging the autocrats to allow them to survive. As Orwell said, “a boot stamping on a human face”.
The spiritual disease is great enough for enough of the peons to continue the wishes of the demons on us. Sad, since when you can’t reason with people anymore, you know what happens.