Cons. Rant: Driving I-55 in Illinois + Gov. Blagojevich
Posted: March 24 08, 1:13 pm
I have to make this drive today. Boring landscape, speed limit of 65mph, cops everywhere....
Trucks also have their speed limit cap at 55, which makes them move slower than the flow of traffic and causes major highway congestion.
The state Senate has voted several times to raise the speed limit of the semi's to 65, and its passed, only to get vetoed by Govenor Blagojevich everytime.
For those of you who don't know, most of Illinois outside of Chicago does not like Blagojevich. Instead of moving his residence and office to Springfield when he was elected, Gov. Blagojevich insists that he stay in Chicago where his children can receive a "normal education." This has caused lots of tax payer money, since we have to keep the Gov. Mansion in Sprngfld fully staffed, yet he's hardly there. Also there is his cost of transportation, every time he needs to communicate with the Legislative or Judicial branches. How he got elected is beyond me; if you think Bush's "C" GPA was bad, Blagojevich got an 18 on his ACT, which puts him at the 32nd percentile, abysmally low for the highest state office. (for those who don't know, and 18 is comparable to getting a 880-910 on the old SAT, and a 1320-1370 on the new SAT w/ writing).
Trucks also have their speed limit cap at 55, which makes them move slower than the flow of traffic and causes major highway congestion.
The state Senate has voted several times to raise the speed limit of the semi's to 65, and its passed, only to get vetoed by Govenor Blagojevich everytime.
For those of you who don't know, most of Illinois outside of Chicago does not like Blagojevich. Instead of moving his residence and office to Springfield when he was elected, Gov. Blagojevich insists that he stay in Chicago where his children can receive a "normal education." This has caused lots of tax payer money, since we have to keep the Gov. Mansion in Sprngfld fully staffed, yet he's hardly there. Also there is his cost of transportation, every time he needs to communicate with the Legislative or Judicial branches. How he got elected is beyond me; if you think Bush's "C" GPA was bad, Blagojevich got an 18 on his ACT, which puts him at the 32nd percentile, abysmally low for the highest state office. (for those who don't know, and 18 is comparable to getting a 880-910 on the old SAT, and a 1320-1370 on the new SAT w/ writing).