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joe wrote:
More than likely "upstate" Illinois. Chicago (upstate) is more apt to be
corrupt than "downstate" Illinois..as the rest of the state is called.

Tom G.
Haven't heard the latest news from the governor's mansion, have you? ;-)
Pretty sure that's downstate, having lived upstate for many a year.

You mean the governer's residence in the Ravenswood neighborhood on the north
side of Chicago?