Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
Looks like it’s “back to the 80s.” The timing is certainly right for a Chicago-style reboot of Curtis Sliwa’s Guardian Angels.
Martial Artists? Are these the guys who paint graffiti on the viaducts?
This isn’t going to end well. In the litigious society we live in today I expect some goofballs will roll the dice with the volunteers. The lawsuits will be filed before they get off at the next stop.
What a scam. Where are all the violence interupters that were supposed to be funded from all the $millions$ in covid arpa grants? Instead we have volunteers violence interrupters?
violence Interrupters! Oh! please. You know how you can indentify a violence interrupters? They’ve got their hand out. I think UC recently reported violence interrupters have a quantifiable impact. Hey Jackass fails to support their conclusions.
How long until one of these well intention-ed good people gets stabbed by one of the crazed mentally ill people riding public transportation these days? I wish the volunteers the best of luck and safety. This is not the responsibility of Chicago’s citizens. It is the number one responsibility of city government. The security people should be well trained, well armed city employees empowered to do whatever is necessary to stop the violence on public transportation.