When I read that the Route 20 Northwest Tollway interchange was going to be improved, I immediately thought of House Speaker Mike Madigan. When he drives from his home in Chicago to his home in Lake Geneva, he takes the … Continue reading
$92 million is earmarked for the Algonquin Bypass. When first proposed it would have cost half that much. $63 million will be spent to make Route 14 four lanes all the way from Crystal Lake to Woodstock, where it will … Continue reading
Every place you see rows of crops where you don’t expect them, know that it’s a tax dodge for a developer or a land speculator. Farmed land of more than ten acres gets a really hefty property tax break. This … Continue reading
I had to check and see if I had posted this message before and, guess what, I found I had. But it was on a tee shirt I saw at Disney World in 2006. got Jesus? Obviously a take off … Continue reading
There’s a tollway fence next to the Rockford stretch, but, when I saw all the white fog behind it, all I could think of was WHITE It was December 26th about 2 PM and we were on our way to … Continue reading
Yes, I know it is the Jane Addams Tollway now. Illinois’ dysfunctional Governor, Rod Blagojevich (a “D,” in case you missed that fact) got the credit for the name change, although Blagojevich Impeachment Committee Chair Barbara Flynn Currie sponsored the … Continue reading
There’s a tollway fence next to the Rockford stretch, but, when I saw all the white fog behind it, all I could think of was WHITE It was December 26th about 2 PM and we were on our way to … Continue reading
Yes, I know it is the Jane Addams Tollway now. Illinois’ dysfunctional Governor, Rod Blagojevich (a “D,” in case you missed that fact) got the credit for the name change, although Blagojevich Impeachment Committee Chair Barbara Flynn Currie sponsored the … Continue reading
We McHenry County “Subjects” of the Illinois Tollway barons have long been forced to labor in the fields while others got the benefits of our tolls on the long-since paid for Northwest Tollway. We have one state highway with no … Continue reading
We McHenry County “Subjects” of the Illinois Tollway barons have long been forced to labor in the fields while others got the benefits of our tolls on the long-since paid for Northwest Tollway. We have one state highway with no … Continue reading
