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"I just feel like it's kind of more waste of time than anything else," said Phelan Larsh. "Maybe it helps our economy, but I just feel like it's a pain in the butt for people who actually live 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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Who is in charge of counting the bullet holes in da NASCAR cars?!
It isn’t even worth watching and the prices are outrageous. Last year the races never finished. More enjoyable watching 5 yr old bumper bowl.
Nothing says socialism more than NASCAR. SMH
Well don’t worry, scuttlebutt is this is the last year of the three year contract and NASCAR will move to another street course in another city. Perhaps in California (San Diego was mentioned).
Who needs NASCAR when you can see a much more exciting, audience interactive “ side show “ every weekend in certain cities that act powerless to stop them. St. Louis, for all its foibles, managed to shutdown one of the first ones there recently and arrested people and towed vehicles. Imagine that!