Governor Blagojevich’s last-minute bailout spared CTA riders long-threatened doomsday hikes in fares and cuts in services—for the moment. Still, without a permanent tax hike to close the budget gap of $110 million a year the CTA is likely to slash bus routes and raise fares to as much as $3 a ride. At the same time, the local property tax machine is gearing up to send out property tax bills that will jump as much as 100 percent for some home owners. And what’s the city’s response to this pending crisis?
Read More of Pedaling While Rome Burns off-site...John Powers says:
Sure Orion,
But no one knows TIF's like Ben, and they are a huge missing item from any budget.
Why not discuss real issues like TIF's via the Chicago Observer, rather than anonther car wreck or child snatching in the Tribune and SunTimes?
JBP
Orion says:
Ben is a one trick pony, John Kass wannabe. He has an absolute Jones for this TIF thing.
Guess what, the people have spoken, the Mayor has won every election by a landslide. If not for him we would be Gary, or Cleveland or Detroit.
Maybe Ben should save himself such anguish and move and get off of the Bob Greene-ish (Bob Greene/Baby Richard) fixation - dead horse of TIFs.