Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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“Illinois and Indiana are two great examples of where elected officials are taking the most extreme possible position — total rejection and total acceptance — despite the electorate in both states preferring a more moderate stance,” said Sean Westwood, associate professor in the department of government at Dartmouth College and director of the Polarization Research Lab, an academic research group and resource hub.
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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
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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.
Article talks about elected leaders but fails to mention they are there to represent the will of their constituents. I really don’t care what they want-I am outsourcing management to them, nothing more. They are there to do my bidding not theirs.
Stupid article that mentions Project 2025 LOL
Really tired of the willful blindness of the left.
This professor at Dartmouth seems to have written a puff piece for Illinois. An excerpt: “Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have promised to protect and support law-abiding noncitizens; …[and] have hosted …education sessions across the Chicago area.” Indiana has a Republican super majority. The people there voted for fiscal discipline and anti-woke agendas to avoid turning out like Illinois. One protects and serves taxpaying citizens and the other goes out of its way for those that break the law. The Chicago Tribune should take note that protecting citizens and governing in their best interest is not an extreme position.… Read more »