Boarded up windows and doors, police cars,signs to stop violence, young men standing idle are common on the south side of Chicago.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

"In bureaucratic terms it's going well." "The committees are working as along as the chapters are opened technocrats on both sides work very well, but in political terms, its idle,it is not going anywhere."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"we would be forced to buy power that we don't need and idle existing generation or have hydro that is very cost effective -- very cheap,actually -- being replaced by very expensive power."

VOA: standard.2010.03.23