On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:46:17 -0600, Big John wrote:

First Meigs and now Cook county/Chicago will have highest sales tax in
Nation.

Just one more reason not to visit and blow away your hard earned
money.

I wonder if Boeing is having second thoughts?

Boeing's civilian aircraft are sold in Washington State, which, to put it
mildly, is Boeing-friendly. Don't know if the move of the corporate
headquarters to Chicago affected this, but really suspect that Boeing would not
have moved its headquarters without similar arrangements.

Ron Wanttaja