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“Because of its long history of segregation and because of its endemic racism, our county has certain challenges, challenges that are common in the rest of the country but more … entrenched here,” she said. “On the one hand we have this rich cultural history here, and on the other hand is this profound racism and oppression.”
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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Toni Preckwinkle’s Never Ending Race Hustle Grievance Grift
why is the fake-progressive/ machine hack/ old goat tonnie so obsessed with her legacy???? Can she or any other machine pol claim CC Blacks are better off under their leadership? Answer NO— ITS BEEN A DISASTER!!! Why in the world would UofC have her as speaker as champion of Black community?
Look at the hierarchy of Chicago – the only non-black is the sheriff. Yet having full power over the city, Preckwinkle drones on about racism and segregation.
If these problems truly exist, why hasn’t this black cabal at the top done something about these ‘endemic’ problems?
Hypocrite chickens!
I’m a victim and I will always be a victim…