Reeder: Ill. politicians creating monuments for themselves?
SPRINGFIELD – Do Illinois politicians suffer from an edifice complex?
I couldn’t help but wonder that when I was driving down Main Street in my hometown of Galesburg and found myself on the Donald L. Moffitt Overpass.
Usually you think of bridges, buildings, parks and other public facilities being named after someone once they are dead – or at least out of office. But state Rep. Don Moffitt, R-Gilson, is alive and well and still in office.
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