Amen, Bro.
With a few notable exceptions, the Trib pretty much sat on the sidelines while the Democrats ruined the state, at least until the stink of corruption got so bad (see for example Blagojevich) it was impossible to ignore.
I’ll never forgive them for giving us Axelrod, and further, destroying Ryan in the Senatorial election that put Obama on a trajectory to his present position.
Any idiot could have seen the Democrats were just buying teacher’s union and public “service” empolyee’s votes with their absurd contract and pension proposals, but the Trib failed miserably in their duty to adequately inform the public of long-term consequences of this folly.