As a former resident of Illinois, I know this action is going to make a lot of folks steaming mad. Meigs is kind of a landmark in Chicago. It sits right on the lakefront and offers easy access to the Loop.
Daily and his democrat machine have been at odds with the State of Illinois for years, but now that they have a liberal governor (thanks to the corrupt George Ryan and single-handedly setting back the republican party in Illinois 20 years), Daily has great friends at the top of the state government. Illinois is quicky becoming another California.
... So happy to be in the great state of Texas.