Chicago's park connected view has been referred to in the past as "dysfunctional.

Chicago's park connected view has been referred to in the past as "dysfunctional," "a patronage theory for jobs, not for citizens" and "out of control" It used to take 84 paces and a year to fire a question at issue employee, and vacancies went unfilled for an average of 38 weeks. Annual ownership tax increases sustained a growing fiscal estimate

Park employees aggressively discouraged use of the park facilities, that not they be inconvenienced by children. The Chicago Tribune wrote of united park supervisor who would not permit children play in the auditorium because their sneakers shuffleed the floor. In another case, a woman called her local park to inquire if a certain program was still being proffered only to be told the information was "confidential." Another would-be park user was told information about classes and activities could not be given abroad over the telephone.

In a November, 1990 editorial entitled "Make Chicago's