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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.
Tim Schneider lost his Cook County Commissioner’s seat (R-15) to Kevin Borrini Morrison (D-15) in 2018. That qualified him to be a statewide Republican chair? ☹️
After six years of utter failure, he declares himself a success and walks away.
That is the IL GOP in a nutshell.
GOP should forget about Illinois for awhile. (So should Wirepoints, but I’m glad they haven’t.) Let the party mostly responsible for the mess (Dems) deal with it. They will fail and then the GOP should return. Based on recent elections, the voters in Illinois aren’t ready for GOP leadership yet. Let them suffer with their choices until their lives become so difficult they are finally ready for an alternative.
Good, he like the rest of the republicans in Illinois, he is RINO scum. Good riddance.
There’s an Illinois GOP party?
Tim did a great job.
Yes…
They are a subset of the (D) party…
Good. Get someone that knows how to build a party that can support candidates who can win elections. Enough with the mediocrity.