Advocates, Rep. Ford Push to Send Money from Big Music Festivals Back to Impacted Chicago Neighborhoods – WTTW (Chicago)

State Rep. La Shawn Ford says since profits from events go to the Chicago Park District’s general operations fund, the financial gains from Riot Fest in Douglass Park don’t help his constituents directly. He has proposed a 2% community benefits tax.
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Fullbladder
2 years ago

Gimme, gimme, gimme!

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Old Joe
2 years ago

Those folks need a Cadillac but they’ve got a Ford!

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Giddyap
2 years ago

Better plan – give parks back to the neighbors that they were built for — not the drug addled fans of shitty music that no one wants to hear for a whole weekend

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