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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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Dispatch: Officer Jones, Caller reported some one did something.
Officer Jones: What did some one do?
Dispatch: Sorry, University policy will not allow me to give you that information.
Officer Jones: Where did it happen?
Dispatch: Sorry, University policy will not allow me to give you that information.
Officer Jones: Log me at Dunkin Donuts for a break
So students should just avoid “man in hoodie”.
My alma mater is a disgrace…
”be on the lookout for 2 Homo sapiens”
Shame, shame, shame, you used “homo” in a statement. Watch your language!!!!
Does this mean they won’t give the racial description of white offenders either?
Quit dreaming, only white males are criminals
“Police are looking for a human being in connection with a recent campus assault”.