Death Rattle

Welcome to the new "normal":

• The 'Auto Show' shows how far we have fallen. 1/2 a hall instead of 2 floors in the olden days. Lexus, Acura, Mercedes, Rover and other high end brands not there. Factory rep I talked to who has worked the show for over 10 years says they have never seen anything like it! 

The unions pretty much killed the McCormick Place convention business, helped along by the political class with hotel taxes, entertainment taxes, restaurant taxes, rental taxes and taxes on just about everything in sight.

At this point, any casino draw is pretty much a fantasy, more like a bandaid.