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ColesCountyDem

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4. Holbrook is an idiot!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Jun 11, 2019, 07:21 AM

Jun 2019

I'm a downstater, and while his rhetoric may make people down here feel good, separating Chicago from the rest of Illinois would be a boneheaded move of gargantuan proportions. Chicago and the collar counties are the goose that lays Illinois' golden egg, because they provide far more revenue to the state than they get back. Counties south of I-80 are the states 'welfare queens', contrary to what they think.

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Lawmakers seeking to separate Chicago from Illinois ask Chicago mayor to fight corruption [View all] TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP

are these the same repubs who want trump as president lol nt msongs Jun 2019 #1

Are they F'ing kidding?? blue-wave Jun 2019 #2

I guess they don't realize downstate IL is NOTHING w/o the Chicago Metro area. kysrsoze Jun 2019 #3

Holbrook is an idiot! ColesCountyDem Jun 2019 #4