State Rep. Curtis J. Tarver II said there has been "some ire and some angst among a lot of individuals" about the proposed special session in light of local Black state legislators' unanswered call for a special session in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd and subsequent unrest as well as the immediate response to the mass shooting in the suburbs and proposals to ban assault weapons when there are chronic shootings on the South Side.
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.