RE: Illinois LEO's or anyone wanting to help a brother out.
I'd think real long and hard before wanting to move to IL. This state is a mess.
*Two dozen state parks and historic sites are scheduled for closing, and more than 300 state workers are supposed to be laid off Nov. 30. [only 1% of the land in IL is owned by the state so every park closed makes it that much tougher to find a place to hunt or fish or hike or camp or picnic]
*The governor's state revenue department warned that money coming into state coffers was falling a projected $800 million below budgeted levels, and that shortfall could top $1 billion in a few months.
*Comptroller Dan Hynes asked for help from lawmakers and the governor to pay down a record-smashing $4 billion backlog in unpaid state bills - a total that could reach $5 billion by next spring.
*(printed in May) The state’s pension debt will exceed $44 billion this summer, increasing at a rate of about $120 per second, according to Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration. The debt already tops $42 billion — enough to give every one of Illinois’ 12.8 million residents a check of $3,300 or buy 937,000 Cadillacs at $45,000 a pop.
*The combination of debt in terms of both money and percentage gives Illinois the infamous distinction of having the nation’s worst pension problem, according to an Associated Press review of records and interviews with experts. And there’s no solution in sight.
On top of that, you'll probably have to pay through the nose to lease a decent place to hunt. In the long run you'd be better off just leasing from FL or going through an outfitter.