The Southtown Star is reporting that “a major union is calling for more time for public input on Gov. Pat Quinn’s proposed closure of a prison and other state facilities, saying the current schedule of public hearings will ‘depress turnout and stifle participation.’ The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said citizens should have at least two weeks’ notice of public hearings that should take place in communities where the threatened facilities are located.”
Bureaucrats and msm are crying foul as usual; trotting out the well-worn response that the poor inmates will "be required to be housed in [prison] gymnasiums”...where they will continue to get a bed, food, education and recreation at taxpayer expense. And, of course, CapFax does its usual bidding on behalf of its benefactor: AFSCME.
