The city has just one gas station, no grocery store and a population that has dropped to about 1,200 people, making economic development a growing concern. One suggestion was using an old, roughly 100-acre Caterpillar site to be annexed into the city and sold to data center developers, but aldermen are now split on the idea.
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.