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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.
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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.
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The AG’s arguments and the legislature’s actions were egregious and clearly in violation of the constitution. Thank goodness there are still some judges left downstate that will enforce the constitution. However, these judges are now a target for future legislatures to remove them from power. Not sure how’d they do that except for maybe removing the power to elect judges by county, and instead, have the districts redrawn by Springfield, and totally gerrymandered, so that each county courthouse in the future will be filled with judges elected by the south and western suburbs. IL are not going to let downstate… Read more »
WHITE COUNTY?!?! I declare that White County is a racist name and demand that the name be changed. I feel as tho the life of any of outstanding black citizens is in jeopardy if they enter into racist White County. I have seen POC at the side of the road, out of their car, on their knees openly weeping at the sign that says “Entering White County”. So emotionally distraught at the thought of a White County. I along with millions of others hereby demand that the name White County be stricken. We also demand that the word White be… Read more »