Lately there have been some articles about the number of people leaving Illinois. I am one of them.
I feel that the government of Illinois is doing a bad job. Here are some of the reasons I feel this way:
My taxes when I bought my home in 1997 were about $4,000 per year. Now they are over $11,000. Fortunately, I will no longer own my home in Illinois soon. I contacted a lawyer about lowering my taxes. He said he would help but never did a thing.
I had an I-Pass device from the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. I lost it, so I requested a new one online. The Tollway never sent me one, although it did charge my credit card. I was forced to go through several tollways at one point without an I-Pass. Several months later, the Tollway sent me a bill for $500.
It seems that many major intersections have red light cameras. One day, more tired than usual, I made a right turn on red without stopping completely. A few weeks later I got a ticket for $100. My wife did the same thing.
It is well known that two of our previous four governors are in prison.
The state is many billions of dollars in debt.
So I found a new job in Wisconsin. Illinois used to be a nice place to live, but it isn’t any more.
Goodbye, Illinois.
— Barry Daughtry, Oak Park
