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Todd Maisch, president of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, said, “We saw this in Connecticut. What started out as a millionaire tax turned out to be a tax increase on people making $50,000 a year.”
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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.
I hope the union members remember their leadership’s support of the Blank Check Amendment when their taxes go up
Has there ever been a union that has not endorsed a tax hike? More government spending is more revenue for union members and more revenues for unions. This is why their attempt at altruism falls flat.
Let’s see now…
The main issue here seems to be whether or not I want to give J Beluga Pritzker, the CTU, the Communist, Socialist and Democratic parties unlimited access to my money or not.
Call me stupid if you want but this Chicagoan is voting Straight Republican this time around
Socialism just keeps on going in Illinois
Socialism keeps on failing
So Governor pritzker what did you promise these union thugs
He didn’t have to promise them anything! They know that in order to keep the gravy train rolling that Springfield needs to have a mechanism to raise taxes to pay for their lavish compensation and benefit packages!