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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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In a way understandable yet there are no roadside equivalents of a breathalizer to determine impairment by pot, and visual cues like glassy eyes and aural cues like slurred speech are used to justify search. Open alcohol in the car would be a visual cue to arrest the driver for violation of that law so why would a visual cue of pot not be equivalent?
1 gram equals nothing and results in a devastating court decision. Nice job over zealous state trooper, you’re an idiot.
Going 73 in a 70! Did the cop pull him over because he was going too slow?
I was pulled over once in WI, was doing 79 in a 70. All the cops questions pointed to him thinking i was running drugs. Cop must have just watched “The Mule”