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  • Jim Hamilton

    I have a dream too

    DECATUR, Ill. (CBS) — A downstate lawmaker would like to kick Chicago and Cook County out of the Illinois.
    CBS 2 Political Producer Ed Marshall says state Rep. Bill Mitchell (R-Decatur) finds that Cook County dominates all politics and legislation in Springfield, and he thinks it is time for the state to cut its largest population center adrift for the “betterment” of the rest of Illinois.
    He says Cook County should be allowed to exist apart from the state like the District of Columbia, with its own government.

    Contact your local Reps to support this bill

    http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=52&GAID=11&GA=97&DocTypeID=HJR&LegID=62604&SessionID=84

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