Officials at the south suburban facility sounded the alarm amid concerns that the roughly 1,500 families they assist each week could nearly double following the recent ending of the federal government's pandemic emergency food benefit program. According to the Illinois Department of Human Services, some 2 million people in the state have been impacted.
Sorry to see what has happened in Park Forest and Richton Park. For so many decades into the early 90s both towns were great places to live with decent public schools. And that’s not a comment on the change in racial demographics. It is a comment on how high property taxes and the State’s anti-business climate have destroyed the business vitality of the entire area.
Old Joe
2 years ago
Perhaps Rich Twp. Needs a name change.
Tubal-Caine
2 years ago
The township government has enough dough from their red light traffic camera scams and it should fund the food pantries.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Sorry to see what has happened in Park Forest and Richton Park. For so many decades into the early 90s both towns were great places to live with decent public schools. And that’s not a comment on the change in racial demographics. It is a comment on how high property taxes and the State’s anti-business climate have destroyed the business vitality of the entire area.
Perhaps Rich Twp. Needs a name change.
The township government has enough dough from their red light traffic camera scams and it should fund the food pantries.