The proposed Illiana Expressway is not like the beaten path to my neighbor's house. However, in order to get approval the same process has been executed. When my 8-year-old son wants to go across the street to play with his friend, he'll ask my wife, and if he's greeted with a no answer he'll take it right over to an appeals court, which is whatever room I happen to be roaming. My first response is always the same, "Did you ask your mother?" Sometimes he forgets he took an oath at birth to always tell the truth, but most of the time he'll reveal the rejection, and wait to hear the gavel to drop with my judgment, which always honors the first verdict.
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