The vacant positions include all 162 positions that Johnson cut from the city’s 2025 budget but was forced to restore under intense pressure from advocates for police reform as well as Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the team monitoring the city’s compliance with the binding agreement.
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.