Although the massive gambling bill passed the Illinois House and Illinois Senate in the waning days of the Spring Session, Governor Patrick Quinn has made it clear that he is not excited about the size of this gambling expansion. In a press conference on June 1, 2011, Quinn told reporters that he thought this gambling bill was "excessive." According to a Chicago Sun-Times article, Quinn also said "I'm beholden to the people of Illinois, not to legislators, not to mayors. The people of our state, all 13 million good and true, they're the ones who I get up in the...