Commentary: Dennis Byrne witnessed the genesis of the Illinois Exodus. Now he’s joining it: ‘Fed up. I’m gone.’ – Chicago Tribune

There are as many reasons for leaving as there are people fleeing, the weather not being the least of them. But little is to be done about Chicago’s weather. Unlike how the city and state have been ravaged. By the greedy, incompetent and power-hungry. By the boodlers, gonifs and crooks who fancy themselves as the feudal lords and we their vassals. By public employee unions that have turned the idea of “public service” into a joke on the taxpayers, who, in fact, have become the public servants. By voters whose party loyalties, ideologies and self-serving have made Chicago not just a national laughingstock, but a dangerous place.