FYI - Illinois is beginning to close state parks.....

Wadcutter wrote:
...The state constitution requires a balanced budget be passed every year. The legislature passed an unbalanced budget anyway and the governor vetoed it. Since then the legislature, mainly the House Speaker, refuses to even discuss a budget for FY 2016.

Probably no way to address this without getting political so let's just say this is one sided and not entirely accurate. It is definitely a sad situation and those who wish to use the parks are but a few of those affected, including many to a much higher, in some cases life threatening, degree.