A group of Illinois Republican lawmakers are sponsoring a resolution urging Congress to separate Chicago from the state of Illinois, which would make the nation’s third-largest city its own state.
House Resolution 101 is the latest salvo in a nearly century-old tug of war between rural, conservative districts in southern Illinois and urban, progressive districts in the Chicagoland area. Like previous attempts to separate the city from the state, this proposal has little chance of becoming reality.
Even sponsors of the resolution admit they don’t actually want to see Chicago separated from Illinois. Instead, they said they’ve signed on to this resolution to express frustration with Chicago’s out-sized presence in state politics.
“I don’t believe that Chicago and the state of Illinois should be separated,” Illinois Republican Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer, one of the co-sponsors of the resolution, told The State Journal-Register. “It’s more of a frustration of the policies than the true belief that Chicago and Illinois would be better off as separate states.”
Instead they say the resolution is intended to shine a spotlight on simmering cultural and financial tensions between urban and rural areas in Illinois.
Every state needs massive division. Let's think about 250+ stars instead...or just dissolve the federal government entirely and let folks align as they wish for THEIR betterment instead of the government's for a change.
ReplyDeletesouthwest central illinois, "i am sick and tired of chicago democrats telling me how to live my life" .il.chuck
ReplyDeleteWell, in keeping with "D" tradition, why not just make every voter in the city of Chicago worth 1/2 of a normal vote? I mean, it is not like there is no precedent for it.
ReplyDeleteAnd they just passed a bill that changes the Transportation Fund from a 55- 45 split to an 80-20 split so Down Staters are never going to get a road fixed.
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ReplyDeleteWhy not just nuke the mthrfkrs?
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