Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.
Having lived in northern Illinois for better than 99% of my life, I've come up with a few hard and fast rules:
1) Never trust a Chicago politician.
2) Never trust a Cook County politician.
3) Never trust an Illinois politician.
4) Government bureaucrats count as politicians.
I tend to live by these rules, but I always hope that the folks in office do their very best to earn my respect.
Jeff
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst!

The Illinois state capital. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.