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Shootings from last weekend are over 70 with at least 14 dead. My next comments are not intended as political. Rocket, Jockey, Jamie, please don’t go there. The reasons for this go incredibly deep in our society. However, this feels almost like terrorism. Are stronger measures required?
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Do they have that on a pamphlet that they hand out when you move to Denver?At my high school reunion Saturday my friend who lives in a Denver suburb said that same exact sentence.
...but the worst part about Chicago is that Marquette University is in Milwaukee.
Yesterday morning, they pulled a dead body out of the river a block away from where I work.Good times.
Thats not fair. That seems like no foul play at all. He was a South Loop resident. To group that with violence on the South Side is the same clickbait sensationalism that people use to make the whole of Chicago seem scary.
I will simply tell you that Chick and I will be happy to leave the suburbs when the time comes.
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I'm shocked that Illinois hasn't gone after retirement money as a way to fix budget holes...anyone know why they haven't?
I started to write this as well. Suicide and accidents can happen anywhere.
So can shootings, robberies, and anything else though, right?
Still, many of the challenges that exist around here aren't Chicago specific but more Illinois related. The inability to fix the public union pension mess, for example. Staying and paying for that doesn't make sense for us. We're not going to California or New York either.
One thing I did not know about Illinois and/or Chicago......retirement income is not taxed. My parents still leave on a far NW suburb of Chicago and I keep trying to talk them into moving into Wisconsin to be closer (free babysitting is the best). But they won't move because all of their retirement income (pensions from the private and public sectors) is tax free. I'm shocked that Illinois hasn't gone after retirement money as a way to fix budget holes...anyone know why they haven't?
Eng, if your parents haven't actually crunched the numbers on this, I would encourage them to do so. Once you factor in the higher cost of living and higher property and sales tax rates, my guess is they aren't saving as much money as they think.Also, ask them if they can actually put a price on spending more time with their grandchild.
So, to where are you and Brother Glow retiring?The Gulch?The Third Ward? orFlorida?Incidentally, that's an absolutely wonderful guilt trip a son or daughter can put on their parents when inexpensive child care is needed!!!!!