Former Commonwealth Edison Senior Vice President Fidel Marquez told jurors the state's most powerful politician once demanded that the utility giant raise at least $450,000 to fill the coffers of the Democratic Party of Illinois he controlled, with the request coming at a time when the company was frantically pushing a lucrative utility bill that sailed through in Springfield later that same year.
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.