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Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the cottage industry dedicated to passing bond and tax referendums for school districts, why proponents have a well-oiled machine in place ahead of time so any opposition is handicapped, just who is calling for more spending on homelessness in Chicago, the latest developments in the illegal immigrant crisis, and more.
Read more from Wirepoints:
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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Keep exposing them! There’s a lot going on all over the country related to exposure. We’re making progress! People are waking up every day. Everyone can contribute in some way or another.
I’ve been watching LawTube lately, and some of the stuff these folks have uncovered is incredible. If you get a chance, watch some of the Fani Willis testimony! It’s some of the most compelling evidence of corruption I’ve ever seen.
This guy wins the citizen of the month award:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyK3XAF3UVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9_TcAtBki4
Here’s a quick summary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaYMuUxi1OM
Here’s another quick summary. Concerned citizens are taking matters into their own hands and it’s beautiful.
https://rumble.com/v4dmzw3-fani-and-wades-relationship-lies-exposed-in-supplemental-defense-filing.html
Then there are school districts like the 3 I live in (Elementary, High school & Comm College) that never put referendums on the ballot anymore. The elementary & HS districts have overfunded their reserve funds so much that they never bother with the voters for capital expenditures. They just completed a 10-year spending spree upgrading/remodeling buildings, adding classrooms, refurbishing pools, gyms and locker rooms, Never once did they come to voters to approve funding for these projects. Our Comm Colege district does the same except for support staff salary increases. That they will put on the ballot, but only after… Read more »
Old Joe’s Catholic school operated on a shoe string and had better educational outcomes.
And tons of rulers that hurt a lot.