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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.
Next SEIU will demand all nursing home workers work from home over Zoom just like the teachers. Remote floor mopping, remote bed changing, remote prescription distribution…
Fat chance Governor Tax Cheat is going to make any effort to reign in one of the most militant public employee unions. Well does SEIU know it, hence the strike.
All you need to know about who is on the tail-wagging end of this leash (aside from taxpayers who vote for Illinois Democrats) is illuminated by the raises and “work all the OT-wage hours you’d like to” contract JB tossed to SEIU for the 40-some-odd thousand Department of Human Services and Department of Aging home-health care aides as soon as his administration took office.
Does solidarity require the governor to support the SEIU in their demand for better wages and benefits? No doubt the cost of elder care will increase and when those expenses are added to the facilities’ COVID costs and increased insurance premiums and litigation exposure. Thus the state can drive a few more of these places out of business. Sure the workers are in danger — and plywood gets more expensive just before a hurricane. Just another example of a FUBAR system. Teachers first, even if they don’t work. Do tell us the rest of the lifeboat priorities, Captain. It’s futile… Read more »