Suburbs divided over governor’s stay-at-home order – WGNTV (Chicago)

In a letter sent to Governor Pritzker, 20 suburban cities are asking for different rules than the ones the governor laid out in his plan. Lumping us in with, and no offense to Chicago but lumping us in with such a large, densely populated community, or area in this case, is really hurting Schaumburg businesses and residents,” the mayor said.
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Jokerboat
6 years ago

I live in SCH myself and this mandate is unconstitutional. Open it up

debtsor
6 years ago

“Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering disagrees with her colleagues in the conference. Leaders in North Shore suburbs like Evanston, Wilmette, Libertyville and Lake Bluff tend to agree. “We need to do this in a thoughtful way. It can’t be people just stomping their feet and demanding – that’s not how viruses work,” she said.” Yes, these are rich people in towns with the largest concentrations of wealth in the entire midwest, calling us children who stomp our feet, because we don’t want to slide into poverty. “Let them eat ice cream!” they say, while all of us are talking to… Read more »

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