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Article: Downey's Debut: He's back in Illinois.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- January 18, 2003
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Byline: Mike Downey
CHICAGO _ Dear Governor of Illinois, Honorable Mayor Daley II of Chicago, Your Majesty Winfrey, Rev. Jackson, Senor Sosa, My Brother and Sister Chicagoans, Chicago Heightsians, Evanstonians, Schaumburgers, Tinley Parkers, Downers Grovers, Lake Foresters, Arlington Heightsites, Napervillians, Palatinians, Zionists, Rock Islanders, Springfielders, Hoosiers, Hawkeyes, Dairylanders, Show-Me Staters and People of Planet Tribune:
Hi.
You don't know me, but I know you. Not you personally. Not your name. I know your teams. I know your towns.
I've been to Carbondale and Charleston and DeKalb and Macomb and to America's ...