Excellent post fastetti! I couldn't agree more.

I think the other important course of action people need to do is to VOTE! I have started similiar posts on other forums and I've gotten some feedback that it's a lot harder for people outside of Chicago to vote because of the distance to the polling stations. I did some research and it turns out that Illinois is a "no excuse" absentee ballot state. What this means, from what I understand, is that you can vote by mail (you just have to request a ballot ahead of time) or vote in person ahead of election date. So there really is no excuse to not vote anymore.