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Join legendary reporter John Kass and Wirepoints Senior Editor Matt Rosenberg at Evanston’s Canal Shores September 18th!
John and Matt will have a lively discussion, tell some fun stories drawing on their combined 75+ years of writing about the Second City, and they will of course take your questions.
Special Event: The Chicago Way comes to the North Shore!
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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Came to event at Canal Shores, and it had been moved. No notice as to where. Annoying.
The QR code didn’t work. Is there another way to order tickets?
You could always click on the link “GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!“
What are the chances the woke people of Evanston try to cancel them?