Doing Business in ILL.

[Matthew 10:16]

Three Contractors are bidding to fix a fence at the Govenor's Mansion in Springfield. One is from Springfield, one is from the small town of Petersburg, IL. & the third is from Chicago. The Springfield contractor says $900; $400 for materials, $400 for my crew & $100 profit for me. The Petersburg contractor says $700; $300 for materials, $300 for my crew & $100 profit for me. The Chicago contractor tells the Govenor's young staff member $2,700. He says "hey you didn't measure like the other guys or anything. How did you come up with such a high figure?" The Chicago contractor says: "that's $1,000 for me, $1,000 for you and we hire the dumb ass from Petersburg to fix the fence." "Done" replies the Govenor's assistant.

 

[STL-Scott]

Yes...but I think you got the facts of the story all confused. I think you meant to say Blago's home in Chicago, since we all know he is too good to reside in the Gov.'s mansion in Springfield.

And residents of Chicago wonder why their property taxes are so high!

 

[A Snake]

The winning bid will have to wait 6 mo to get paid if they get paid at all....state can't pay the health/health providers. Our local school district is dueclose to 1 mil; local hospital in same shape. Pharmacy's are having to take second mortgages to stay open...sad state of affairs we are in here in the Land of Lincoln.