Hi Spence:
I love working at Northwestern. If I could move it up the shore out of the land of thieves, I surely would!
On the toll thing, I object to the raise on many levels. What smarts most, though, is the statment by the toll director to the effect that we will have public hearings, but "no amount of public outcry will change the course of this increase." Representative government at its best. A strong reminder that there is a big difference between a democracy and a republic, and that while officially we eschew monarchs anf gentry, we regularly sanction and vote them into office. The toll people are sitting on 450 million is surplus, and work in a 50 million dollar palace in DuPage county - the wealthiest county in IL.
It's Saturday, the sun is out, and Thor awaits. I'm outta here before I get grumpy!
Jim