Early in his first term, Illinois governor, Rod Goblowabitch proposed a special tax on trucking companies. A group of independent truckers formed a delegation and visited with him.
They reminded him just how mobile their businesses were and that they would move, as a group, to neighboring states if he pushed a new tax on them. Good old crook Rod let it quietly drop.
Not sure thats exactly the right spelling, but you sure got us laughing.