Downstate group behind movement to break free from Cook County – Center Square

Spokesman Eric Ivers, a member of the Jersey County Board, said he is confident that a vast majority of residents will vote to form a new state. “There are three or four counties downstate that voted blue, but the rest of us are tired of being pushed through the ringer by the folks up in Cook County,” said Ivers.
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Hello, Indiana!
1 year ago

Good luck with that. Kwame and JB can move pretty quickly when they see tax revenue slipping away. Raoul finally surfaced on the Dolton mess, now that Lightfoot has done all the heavy lifting. And JB is still bemoaning being left on the bench at the DNC. Try and escape Beijing of the Midwest though, and look out!

debtsor
1 year ago

The Basques, the Northern Irish, the Québécois, the Flemish, the Moro Muslims…they all want independence, yet here they are today, and none of them have managed to break free of their imperial overlords. However, while the residents above must fight because they’ve nowhere else to go, the residents of Southern Illinois can move no more than 90 miles in any direction and be in a red state with a lifestyle that’s effectively no different than what they have now. Fighting for Illinois land is a pointless endeavor. It’s lost to the communists. It’s time to move on. Unfortunately, that’s exactly… Read more »

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