I am all for the Bloomingdale Trail project, but I could not help but notice on the link posted above, articles about school closings and other things that makes me wonder if the Chicago mayor has his priorities straight. I am aware that he is all into beautification projects, including L stations that were surviceable if not beautiful as one example. Chicago and Illinois have some of the highest taxes in the country, so what is going on. And, I am a native of Chicago and lived there for 40 years so I think I can have an opinion about what is currently happening.