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The pipeline runs right through Kenny Davis’ modest Scott County, Illinois, farm, where he had planned to build a home for him and his wife once he retired from working as an electrical lineman. “I can’t do that now,” he said. “I’ve got a pipeline right here.” He points out a roughly 30 foot wide clearing straight through the surrounding forest where the natural gas pipeline runs underneath. “I didn’t want that gap,” Davis said. “It’s changed my whole outlook on this farm.”
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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It’s would be a shame if some eco Nazis damaged the pipeline beyond repair. Yep, a real shame.
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