OK, that’s it, I have HAD ENOUGH.

There are a FEW THINGS that NEED TO BE SAID about driving in and around Chicago.
Let me speak for a few moments,to the Illinois Tollway.

This self perpetuating cash sink has become a meal ticket for generations of Illinoisians, when it’s original purpose was to exist only until the original bond issue was paid off, then be dismantled. As I cannot muster adequate profanity to approach an accurate description of the corruption I will leave it to the good folks at No Tolls

They have the facts and are doing what can be done to rid us of this behemoth, but I fear it is too little too late, the monster has made it’s bed in our lives and is loath to relinquish such a steady income. Bond issue after bond issue is being floated, each time to do more and more, (Like the I-pass system. Like the new toll booths. Anything that makes it’s first priority separating the citizen from his cash, they spend money on, god forbid they do something to FIX THE FUCKING ROADS! Oh, wait, that’ll be ANOTHER BOND ISSUE!)

Everything that can be done to lock us in to the status quo is being done, and will continue to be done. I have some major complaints about the tollway but as I am more or less powerless to do anything, I will move on to the things I can, perhaps change.

Warning: this will most likely peel several layers of scalp back. Keep from children and the more sensitive. This is not going to be pretty.
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