Some residents adjacent to Touhy Park feel like prisoners in their own homes, surrounded by rats, public drug use and threatening behavior that they blame on a year-and-a half old homeless encampment in the park.
Illinois State Senator Chapin Rose has introduced Senate Bill 1867, which would mandate that no later than June 30, 2024, Chicago must convert Millennium Park into a Solar Farm and place one Wind Energy Turbine on Cloud Gate (the Bean). Restricts Home Rule powers, among other things.
CHICAGO – Crime has increased since the city agreed to surround police with community groups and government agencies, yet Mayor Lori Lightfoot and most of her challengers in the Feb. 28 primary promise to continue pursuing that policy.