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April 8, 2019
Chicago, Illinois
Ramsey woke up with a start. He was wide awake. He looked at his watch and saw it was 3:10 in the morning. Ideas about what to do with Blue Island rushed into his consciousness. For the next hour he typed feverishly. When he was done he put it in an email and sent it to Grange. Then he sent a phone text telling him to check his email. As quickly as Ramsey awoke he fell back asleep.
Before the first light spread through Chicago’s Eastern shore suburbs, Grange had gone to the hotel’s business center and printed out Ramsey’s recommendations. He read them as he downed three cups of coffee. He highlighted the ones he thought most important:
Establish a local bank for and run by the people of Blue Island Provide educational scholarships controlled by the p
