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Dr. Allison Arwady said, "When we get below 200 per day with good testing, per the CDC, moving out of that 'substantial transmission' risk, that's what [the mask mandate] would be coming off." As of Tuesday, Chicago was reporting 285 COVID-19 average cases per day.
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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.
Went bowling in Chicago last weekend, 30 lanes, only one lane had a karen with her spawn wearing masks, the other 29 were breathing freedom, liberty and the American way. FJB.
I think people are starting to get fed up and you’re going to start seeing more people acting up and creating a scene. Government should spend more time and effort on treating people and less on restricting people.
It will end after the “two weeks to slow the curve” right? That’s the last status regarding this that I’ve heard.
Mine ended months ago. If a business asks me to wear one, I’ll go elsewhere. the mandate apparently doesn’t apply to the IL Dem convention, Obama’s birthday part, Lightfoot at the Sky game… the list is long.
My wife and I haven’t worn masks anywhere for a year. We are very, very rarely confronted by anyone. In fact the only place I remember that was Nazi-like about masks was when we went to a Pearl vision store to shop for glasses. There we were literally met by a rope after you enter to stop you. Then a person confronted us, then literally handed us “approved” masks using a set of grilling thongs that were two feet long. We felt like we had bubonic plague. We spent 1 minute in the store, then walked out letting them know… Read more »