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A University of Illinois at Chicago report published this week noted that Illinois residents “are used to being suspicious of their elected representatives and surely, that suspicion is often justified.” According to that report, the Northern District of Illinois has seen a total of 1,824 federal public corruption convictions from 1976 to 2021, the most of any district in the country. There have been 339 such convictions in Chicago from 2010 to 2021.
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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Prime reason why lifelong politicians are not a good idea. Burke, a multi millionaire attorney, insurance broker, real estate developer and alderman has to shake down whoever he can whenever he can for a few thousand dollars. In a public office for over 40 years breeds nothing but arrogance. Term limits now!
Enact term limits!!!
Who really gives a damn anymore, justice in Illinois it’s all but nonexistent. It’s nothing but a dog and pony show.