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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.
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.
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So.. hang around for three months, change your name and not have that information accessible. Tailor made to criminals and illegals, similar to Alexi’s drivers license on the cellphone.
You don’t think about the tax payer either honey. None of you do. People in this state are hanging on, trying to get through…and you people are doing everything to drive people out and penalize people who stay. Perhaps you should talk with the actual tax payers, home owners and people who work for a living…
You’re a demonic baby murder, Kelly.
“Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, told Isabel that stepping back from progressive social issues is not on the table”