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Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the lies that will be told about Chicago and Illinois as the DNC begins, the fact that Chicago continues to lead the nation in homicides, the potential for a violent Democratic National Convention, the consequences of Illinois’ high unemployment rate, and more.
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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.
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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.
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Chicago Values!
It’s one lie after another with politicians. In this state, we have some real winners, like Governor Carnival Barker. The media won’t question them at all. It’s all platitudes and smiles.