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Everyone’s pleased to see 16 fewer murders so far this year. But that’s still 58% higher than right before the last mayoral election in 2019.
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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An article that seems to be largely based on comparing one week from this year to the same week from previous years, which is a pretty small sample, but none-the-less makes a compelling case that crime is a big problem in Chicago. And that a significant amount of all this crime is related to how easy it has been to steal Kia’s and Hyundai’s, but that statistics will improve when those two manufacturers update their car’s software. OK……or, criminals will just move on to committing different crimes to support themselves. I wonder how much money you actually get to put… Read more »
No one feels safe in the Chitty anymore. All the cops leave ASAP to Punta Gorda, Florida.
The mayor has a army protecting her house. Everyone else is on their own. Many robberies are not reported because it is a complete waste of your time. The cops take 3 to 4 hours to respond and then just make out a report, never, never look for anyone. The only thing a honest family man can do is leave. Leave the Chitty for the criminals, the run it now.
Another inconvenient fact for Lori to ignore.she’ll appear in her insane pimps disguise( the fedora). And refute the numbers as originating with haters, rhymes with taters!
Criminals run the streets of the Chitty, cops only make out paperwork if that. The Chitty is in a freefall and the bottom is still lower. All the poor honest taxpayers and their family’s are moving out of the Chitty and many out of the State. The Chitty is doomed, there is no money for anything but overly generous Pensions. The Pension Time Bomb will destroy what little services are left in the Chitty. DOA for the Chitty and the Sorry State.