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No one knows for certain why so many have settled here, but the number of people grew significantly over the summer. "If they got funding for the Venezuelans that come in from Mexico or whatever, they house them like that. But what about the people that's been out here?" asked a woman living in a small tent with a propane heater.
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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Cultural enrichment. If they’re still there in January let’s market it a a Survival episode!
Leni with her blinders off and addressing the “ devisive, racist “ problems ? Saints be praised! And tent people, have any of you thought about, oh I don’t know, getting jobs now that you’ve gobbled up the free rent?