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my heart is still in Edgewater. I loved being able to walk to the lake, and I had friends living close by. The neighbors provided a strong support system because I'd lived in the area all my life. I miss all that.

At least you are a short car ride from there. 😃

But I'll never stop missing it.

Daughter used to live in Lakeview & walking to delic restaurants & Cubs games was great. I miss it too.

Too far to walk, but the el eliminated the need to search for parking.

Have you thought of moving back there?

But it's a very desirable neighborhood with house/condo prices to match. I can't afford to go back. The lakefront condos have a great location, but their monthly assessments are about three times higher than what I pay here.

I lived in the Fox Valley area & same there. I doubt my mtg pmt here would cover even the taxes on a modest home there.

Well, at least we both have pleasant memories.

Of course, that's been happening for decades. My father was from Elgin so there was a time when we went there regularly. I can still find the houses that my great-grandfather built. My relatives take up significant real estate in both Mt. Hope and Bluff City.

Memories are good.

I lived in Chgo for 55 yrs. Never once did I ever see a grocery store out of anything.

We had 4" snow & a little ice glaze. No usps, garbage pick up, school for kids, or food in grocery stores for a full three weeks. People were literally stuck sitting in cars on I-55 & I-22 for 22 hours. All because the powers that shouldn't be are too damned cheap to invest in eqpt & supplies to deal with what happens here every winter!

Officials in MS were outraged when citizens suggested they do so.

Believe me, you cannot comprehend the stupidity here.

Nothing at all nice or pretty about this region. Nada. Zilch.

Holding my good memories close while I wait for the repuke plague to pass so I can gtf out of here.

Either a great-uncle or his son. Can't recall which.

Unfortunately, the South is notorious for not handling snow well. It's hard enough up here, though the town I live in does a better job than the city.

I hope that you can gtf out of there soon.

Thx for your well wishes to get out of here.

He was a farmer, and my great-grandfather also farmed in S. Elgin. Sadly, I've lost touch with any cousins still there. Both Elgin and S. Elgin have grown a lot in recent years.

At least I live in a town that votes Democratic in a Blue State. You're stuck (for now) in a Red State, and I can't even believe what that's like. Don't think that I could live where you do.

In early 80s.

By the time I moved in late 2012, it was all built up.

They're maybe a mile west of S. Randall Road near Hopps. There must have been nothing there when their kids were growing up.

Sometime in the 1970s, my father and I went to visit one of his cousins who he thought still lived on the farm. Turned out the farm had been sold and it was now a subdivision. Can't remember where it was.

Damned kraznov.

kraznov can go straight to tell.

For 3 years. Voted for Pritzker. Am in Manhattan now. But, boy, do I miss Chicago. Although I love NYC, I have 2 favorite cities:
Tokyo and Chicago.

Also attended the Midsommar Fest down there. I so miss Ann Sather's cinnamon rolls.

Just checked because I've had a taste for good cinnamon rolls.

Trump can say no, but Pritzker can make the demand.

Sending a check to Americans would be illegal. The tariff money, by law must be returned ONLY to the importer

Yes, tarriff refunds go to the importer who directly paid them, like a tax refund.

But if the President determines that a group of Americans are particularly hard hit with monetary damages by circumstances beyond their control (as the home of Detroit's big 3 certainly is as a result of Trump’s tariffs), the President could send money from various emergency/relief funds to help those people get back on their feet. He already did that for farmers (who paid no tariffs). https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/12/08/trump-administration-announces-12-billion-farmer-bridge-payments-american-farmers-impacted-unfair#:~:text=Emergency%20Commodity%20Assistance%20Program%20(ECAP,sorghum%2C%20and%20other%20row%20crops.

Note that Pritzker refers to the $8,679,261,600 total as "damages" ( "...total damages you owe to $8,679,261,600..." ). Pritzker is no dummy.

Basically the Gov't would be paying twice, digging deeper into deficit.

Paying back the tariffs to enrich WalMart and Best Buy...

And then cutting checks for stimulus (damages)... that's putting more cash into the system then was there pre-tariffs

if they can prove they swallowed them, fine. but they didnt.

At least it would be helping regular people who are hurting, unlike his tax cuts for the rich, which is what really blew up the deficit.

The deficit is not one of our top worries right now anyway; surviving the next 3 years is.

Take this for what it is, Pritzker is publicizing the damage Trump’s illegal tariffs have done.

Was that in the decision?

I believe Congress would have to authorize any “refund” to anyone, unless it was spelled out in the decision, no?

I theirs is no mention of refunds in any of them, so whatever law you are relying on isn’t in the opinion. It makes sense since the issue before the Court which I believe was does the IEEPA authorize the President to set tariffs on an emergency basis, not who gets refunded and how. Kavanaugh goes into the logistics and impacts of refunds, but I know you’re not citing conjecture in dicta in a dissent as law?

So what is Trump going to do now? Say that he can't find the money to pay back the families? How is he going to rave against Pritzker when Pritzker is advocating for middle class Americans to receive a check that Trump has already pretty much promised? He's going to criticize Pritzker for wanting Trump to do as he said he would? Won't that make him have to admit his tariff's aren't working? Will he finally issue those tariff checks?

Interesting move by the Governor, who I think is awesome!

Immigrants for any minor infraction, citizens just watching. Trump collects billions of dollars illegally and has no consequence from it. Should be out of his own pocket.

I doubt that Krasnov put it in the treasury.