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| State $32 million behind in paying utility bills for prisons |
| By chicago.suntimes.com- Tina Sfondeles |
| Published: 06/23/2016 |
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In the town of Chester — where Drew Peterson now spends his days at the maximum security Menard Correctional Center — the mayor’s patience over the budget impasse has run very thin. Mayor Tom Page, a former warden of the prison, is in constant talks about cutting off the prison’s water supply as the utility bill backlog creeps over $1 million. Those bills — $1.36 million for its water, sewer and natural gas — haven’t been paid since September. In the southern Illinois town of about 8,400 people, hardware stores are struggling, prison food vendors are drowning in debt and the town is constantly transferring money just to make ends meet: “$1.3 million may not be much to some larger cities, but to a small community like Chester, it’s a killer,” Page said. Read More. |
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