Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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“So we’re really at a point where we just have to really change the system in Cook County,” said Mayor Joseph Woods of south suburban Park Forest. “We, for the last three years, have really been engaging with the assessor’s office to No. 1, really make sure that they see what we see. To see the inconsistency, to see the lack of uniformity.”
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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.
STOP pulling the blue handle!
Tax them until their morale improves and their purses are empty. – King John
The mayors do not walk the talk.
The Cook County tax system isn’t broken. It’s working just the way it is supposed to. It’s taking money from taxpayers and shuffling it *mostly* to the local school districts. But every election you vote for democrats who support the teachers unions and before long, this is what you get.
What these people mean by broken is that believe YOU are being taxed too little and they are being taxed too much. Remember, equity means YOUR home equity.
I find it hard to believe that the mayors of Harvey and Dixmoor cannot figure this out. Start with Taxwinkle and then work your way through the money. How about Cook County Health, and all the other money pits That exists. Everyone wants the services but Nobody wants to pay for them. It doesn’t work that way, Harvey owes for water, Dixmoor owes for everything. Who the hell Is going to pick up the tab for you, NOT the Rest of Illinois. Good ol Zippy want trillions For reparations, good luck Zippy. The uncle Joe gravy train has left the… Read more »
Wow such high taxes yet underperforming schools and lack of services. It makes one wonder where the populace is on election day? Perhaps the voting was for the most woke candidate, the candidate who was most concerned about assorted social issues and heaven forbid a candidate that did not have the letter D behind their name, Pay attention because this situation could very well be coming to your town soon in Illinois and when it does many will stand back and wonder how this happened yet will not have the gumption to look in a mirror to see exactly who… Read more »