ILL-inois pension bubble: Half of Harvey's firefighters laid off

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laid off half the fire department after the city was ordered to pay its police and fire pension fund.

The union posted about it on their Facebook page Tuesday afternoon, saying, "The city has laid off 18 firefighters, half the fire department is gone! Prayers for the citizens and families of those laid off."

City officials would not confirm those numbers, or any other details about possible layoffs, but did say layoffs to fire, police and other departments would be necessary.

"We crunched numbers all night, and it's unfortunate that we are forced to do layoffs as a result of this issue," said Harvey Police Chief Gregory Thomas.

Harvey is one of Illinois' most corrupt cities, and ILL-inois of course has a high bar for public graft.

On the other hand, somehow Harvey, south suburb of Chicago, can afford a glitzy electronic welcome sign.

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