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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.
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Do these rules apply to the Dictator for Life when he visits Illinois from his mansions in Florida, Wisconsin, etc?
“Individuals found in violation of the Order are subject to fines of $100 – $500 per day, up to $7,000.”
1.What happens to me if a relative of mine slips into town and I don’t report it?
2.Does this apply to Illegal Aliens?
Air travel can be policed. Helicopter, car and boat is (mostly) un-policeable. ??
Air travel would be the easiest to police. Car, helicopter and boat travel are impossible to guard ????https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f927.svghttps://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f637.svghttps://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f912.svghttps://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f927.svghttps://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f637.svghttps://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f912.svg
Welcome to Commie-cago. Meet your dictator Chairman Leadfoot. If you’re lucky enough to read this message before arriving, turn around and go back STAT. If you are currently an imprisoned comrade in the Chi-lag, forge signature on an “essential worker exit paper” and book your one way journey of a minimum 150 kilometers. P.S. the above is an encrypted message so as to sidestep the tracker/tracers/captors.
They won’t arrest felons but they’ll arrest visitors. Lori is about as dumb as she can get.