Illinois

[Leroy]

That corrupt thing is bogus. South Dakota doesn't have anything to be corrupt with.

[JL21]

Huh. I never thought North Dakota would be so corrupt. Good thing I have no plans of even stepping foot in that state, much less living there.

You're not living until you've been to Fargo-Moorhead.

Fargo is a must stop for any baseball fan. Home of the Roger Maris Museum.

It's right next to the Fargo Museum of Science and Trucking.

[cardinalkarp]

Huh. I never thought North Dakota would be so corrupt. Good thing I have no plans of even stepping foot in that state, much less living there.

You're not living until you've been to Fargo-Moorhead.

Fargo is a must stop for any baseball fan. Home of the Roger Maris Museum.

It's right next to the Fargo Museum of Science and Trucking.

And next to the Kum n' go gas station.

[maddash]

And next to the Kum n' go gas station.

I'm still amazed they call them that. I've seen a few in Missouri, and I guess they're really big in Iowa.

[Leroy]

And next to the Kum n' go gas station.

I'm still amazed they call them that. I've seen a few in Missouri, and I guess they're really big in Iowa.

They are closing the one in my town. Even better, Hillary is coming on Thursday. Yeeaww!!

[cardinalkarp]

And next to the Kum n' go gas station.

I'm still amazed they call them that. I've seen a few in Missouri, and I guess they're really big in Iowa.

When I was in ND I had crack up laughing when I saw one. I've never seen one in MO and really only drove through all the other states to get to ND so I didn't see them there either.

[Hungary Jack]

Between the absurdity and corruption in our guvnuh's office, the crony-fed incompetence of Cook County government, and pipsqueak Daley's array of fetish-feeding inconsequential beautification projects, I sometimes wonder if Illinois would be better off under Manuel Noriega.

[Michael]

Daley's array of fetish-feeding inconsequential beautification projects

Thank you for mentioning this. Daley's TIF's scare the heck out of me.

[Radbird]

And next to the Kum n' go gas station.

I'm still amazed they call them that. I've seen a few in Missouri, and I guess they're really big in Iowa.

I know I see a lot of them between here and Wisco.

[Hungary Jack]

Daley's array of fetish-feeding inconsequential beautification projects

Thank you for mentioning this. Daley's TIF's scare the heck out of me.

It is a wonderful tactic for Daley. He gets access to funds that normally would go into the operating budget and gets to spend them on pet projects that are outside the scope of any meaningful public scrutiny. He then gets to raise taxes to fill the hole left in the operating budget. And he won't be around when the big bills come due in 10-15 years when much of the local tax base has been siphoned away from the operating budget.