CHICAGO (WGN) — A controversial tent city for migrants that never opened will cost state taxpayers $1.3M despite not being used and Gov. JB Pritzker’s pledge that the state wouldn’t be on the hook.
A Pritzker spokesperson confirms the money has been earmarked to pay the contractor (Page 75, Lines 13, 14).
“GardaWorld sought payment based on its claim that it performed a substantial amount of work at the State’s request,” Pritzker spokesperson Alex Gough told WGN. “The State negotiated and settled that claim in the Court of Claims.”…