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Park District Exposed Again!

Park District of Highland Park Scandals

Several years ago the Park District of Highland Park was under scrutiny due to the previous administration’s pension spiking practices and high administrative salaries costing the tax payers millions of dollars. A new administration was brought in to clean house and guess what? They are at it again!! See this unfortunate Forbes article below:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2018/03/03/the-big-dogs-of-illinois-municipal-government-2017-edition/#123c32014221

Liza McElroy, Executive Director is named as one of the highest paid Park Asministrators in the State of Illinois ($217k in 2017) Furthermore, the Deputy Director, Kathy Donahue is earning top dollar as well ($167k). Pay increases for these administrators have been more than all regular district employees according to the Park District’s published documents.

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I ask the community to challenge the Board of Commissioners to stop this corruption. Challenge the Board to look closer at internal practices!

Sincerely,

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No More Big Dogs of Illinois in HP

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