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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.
Why is it that no one in the media is mentioning that the casualty figures in Democratic Party run American cities and states are now approaching Vietnam levels?
Is it because “BLACK LIVES MATTER”?
Somebody please explain!
The “main” media is owned and controlled by half a dozen corps who are beholden to global interests such as UN, CFR, WHO, WEF, Chi-Comms, etc. who are intent on destroying the fundamentals and sovereignty of the U.S. Thus their mission is to divide it internally and aide in its destruction (a goal of the insurrection sub-group BLM as well). So this is what we’re up against, and small questions of logic within this framework have no answers within logic.
It looks like debstor might have been right. In the short run, the suburbs may benefit from the city exodus.
Where is debtsor?
Today (Saturday) in Rockford- Wal Mart on East state street/Meijer’s/Aldi’s shut their doors at approx 1:00 PM and gave no specific reason yet. There may be some protesting in and around their stores. Windows are boarded up or have been blocked by something. This protesting garbage is getting out of hand. First downtown now the East Side.
Freddy, report more details for us. What do you mean by “first downtown”? Tell us generally what Rockford retail is like currently.
Mark. There are weekly protests mostly on Friday afternoons and evening at City Market area. City Market is a venue where local merchants sell food/breads/homemade cookies/etc.Business is slow there This is downtown by the river and there have been many arrests. http://www.wrex.com-www.wifr.com-www.wtvo.com all local news stations have more info. The local Meijer’s which closed down at 1:00PM is a block from my rental which is on the far East Side close to the tollway but Woodmans grocery did not close but was packed at around 3:30. The stores I mentioned are all on the East side. Mostly protestors are in… Read more »
Thanks Freddy.
Lori has given into the mob. Things got increasingly worse after she removed the Columbus statues with the tacit approval of alderman Sophia king of the Progressive and socialist caucus of the city council and the Grant Park advisory council and Michael Kelly of the Chicago park district. This was the beginning because Lori blamed the police for the attacks on the police by the blm/Antifa crowd. Lori and the overwhelming majority of the city council particularly Sophia King have supported the domestic terrorist Marxist blm organization who advocates looting and has called for the killing of police.the blood of… Read more »
Lori made it totally clear that she was not a mayor for the whole city. She has incompetent city college associate degree incompetent cop haters and socialists on her staff. She made it clear that her interests were to give more government freebies to the south and west side permanent victim class.. enabling them. Then she talked about too many black and brown in jail…enabling criminals. Mob attacked police at Columbus statue.. Lori blames police. Lori gives into the mob to remove statues…along with the help of Sophia King of the progressive caucus and Leslie Recht of the Grant Park… Read more »
You got to love this comment on ZH … Another resident says she is looking to take her family and move about 50 miles outside of the city. “We’re just looking for more safety,” she said. Both her and her husband support the Black Lives Matter movement, she said, but living downtown it doesn’t matter.”
Could be read as another feeble minded neo-liberal hypocrite family coming to a quiet town near you soon.
Absolutely. They just can’t reason thru the cause and effect. It’s a mystery why otherwise successful people can’t see the obvious link of liberalism and bad results.
Dead on.