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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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Second City Cop comments on the shooting
http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/2023/08/fireworks-at-ballpark.html
No wonder the White Sox are leaving
Hmm, I remember as kid bringing my Little League in the hopes of catching a foul ball. Now you can catch lead!
That’s a mighty fine marksman who can shoot from outside Sox park and hit two patrons inside.
CWB claims there was a shot spotter one mile south that captured multiple shots moments before the people in the stadium were hit.
The didn’t even bother to stop the game and investigate.
… because there aren’t enough reasons not to go to a Sox game