Today is another rainy, gloomy day in Chicago. I'm hoping after this rain clears up, the weather will squeeze in a few more nice Chicago days before we have to crank on our heat.
On a different note, this past weekend I gathered together some email addresses, that I had obtained, of Illinois Senators and Representatives. I had been meaning to write a "letter of concern" for a while and finally got a chance to this past Saturday. I was determined to voice complaints for Illinois citizens and for my own sense of fulfillment, pretend that might email will make a difference. I wrote my concerns for unexplained increases in real estate taxes, the increase in the state income tax, and higher food and gas prices. I also included what has come about most recently; the increase in tolls and the proposed increase in Metra fares. My biggest question, which will probably never be answered, is why all these increases are coming about during a time of recession when people have no jobs and are foreclosing on their homes? The answer many may say is because the state of Illinois is in so much debt. My response to that answer is "why"?
woot! woot! way to write.
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