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The project is the largest capital project in the Department of Natural Resources history. Some of the older beach ridges at Illinois Beach State Park date back 3,000 years.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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I’ve been to many state and federal parks all over the country. IL State Beach, arguably the IL’s flagship state park, largest campground, and only state beach on Lake Michigan, is a complete dump. I can say in all honesty, it’s the dumpiest park I’ve been too anywhere, and it’s the second dumpiest campground (second only to Indiana Dunes campground which is basically the tenement housing of campsites). IL State Beaches facilities are disgusting and the bathrooms are disgusting. They still have open pit toilets in some locations that you can smell from 100 feet away. The campsites are tiny… Read more »
3,000 year old beaches but in 2023 need $74,000,000? Lib Logic
At a price tag of $74 million maybe we just let this one go. Mother Nature wins sometimes.