But in that vein, one of the reasons I really wanted to talk to you is because of what's been going on in Illinois. And what I mean by that is that The way that [Illinois] has essentially taken into its own hands the good of its people and tried to work within the state boundaries to create sort of its own version of democracy reminds me very much of the earlier progressive era in the Midwest. of people like Feyden, Bob La Follette, or John Peter Altgelt in your own Illinois. (03:07–03:28)
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