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A call was made to President Joe Biden Wednesday to take unilateral action to help defray the cost of housing and caring for the nearly 12,000 migrants who have arrived in Chicago since last summer.
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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.
Chuy pulls a JB the Hutt move and demands payment from the Taxpayer Trust Fund via Uncle Fed to bail out Chicago from its dumb policies. The cash going out must be imperiling their ability to pay for the existing patronage army.
Not just NO.
Chuy’s answer for every failed Democrat plan is another Biden bailout
Chuy’s plan to fix Dem a failed Dem program is another soon-to-fail Dem program.
While Chuy had Bidet on the line he should have asked him to close the door to stop the bleeding…..
Nah, too logical!
Getting more money from the federal government is a way to go. Certainly that would help cover some of the costs for this…but dude…its still the tax payer paying. Regardless of whether it is Illinois or nationally. This is stupid and illogical to have ever allowed this out of control illegal immigration to take place and to continue it. Ask the feds for help…but it’s still our money being spent on the is stupidity.