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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.
Four years ago I told a SF resident I felt less safe in their city than I did in Chicago despite Chicago’s horrific murder count. The reason being you could sense the chaos building in SF as the city lost respect for itself. Panhandling, vagrancy, open drug use, public indecency were everywhere. As a law abiding citizen, you become a target simply by walking around. The justice system doesn’t favor the white oppressor. If I had to defend myself in a situation, who knows how it might be exploited by the political class to advance their social justice con. At… Read more »
Well said. I’ve heard the term “clown world” thrown about a lot lately, and sadly that’s about the best description of the 21st century so far. Everything has been subverted, inverted, and turned around. This is what it looks like when the bad guys win.
Nicely put. Beware the longer game out of City Hall, one in which CPD is de-funded by shifting monies away from policing and into City programs. These will end up feeding the gangs, one way or another.
Yes, social workers will discourage the 20 year old gang bangers from the thug lifestyle.
The President should say nothing more about this subject.
Clearly the BLM’s, Mayor and Governor have everything completely under control here.
So the rest of Illinois’ idiot residents should just shut up, turn up the volume and then:
Burn baby burn, burn baby burn…