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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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Top Foxx aide running for judgeship is ‘not qualified’
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am shocked that the Affirmative Action hire is deemed not qualified!
This is overstating the obvious!
SloJoe in DC has her on a short list for an appointment to the US Supreme Court should an opening occur
Just like CPS teachers aren’t required to be “functionally literate” college graduates, Cook County judges aren’t required to be competent and ethical attorneys.
Let’s not forget Biden’s current nominee for US Attorney, April Perry, is tarred by the same Smollett/Fox scandal. She likely wouldn’t pass the bar association’s “competency” criteria, and her approval delayed.
The Biden Junta operates the largest spoils system the federal government has ever seen. Every position is a plug and play based on loyalty, not on competency. Biden’s FAA nominee had zero experience with aviation. Phillip Washington was a DIE nominee who had experience with Airports, like Ted Cruz said he was “…in charge of coffee shops, clothing stores and newsstands…” but simply had no experience with airline safety which is the entire purpose of the FAA. Most normal people turn down jobs they are unqualified for. There’s a difference between taking a job that is a difficult challenge vs.… Read more »
Pete Buttigeg is the best and most high profile example of this. He had zero experience in transportation, other that “loving airports” like he said, and within weeks of being on the job, he took 3 months of maternity leave for his purchased child. And no one even knew he was on maternity leave!
There is nobody unqualified to be a judge in Cook County. There is no limit how insane, corrupt, low IQ, and corrupt. Yes, I said corrupt twice.
The judges just delay and continue cases, for years, until the cases fall apart. Rather than make a judgement.
The judges use coded language, over and over, in their effort to just say “pay me”. Some lawyers understand the language, others pretend they don’t.
Sadly, I have business before the Cook County fecal court.
The only qualification to be judge in cook county is a pledge to support the Democrat Party.
Identify politicians who ARE qualified – it will be a short list.
You need NO qualifications to run for office, only financial backing. A perfect example is Brandon Johnson – incompetent and clueless.
Unqualified to be a judge in Cook County? What’s new about that.