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Thu Oct 15 2009
Capitol Fax on Daley's CTA Scramble
The CTA is an issue where the City and Springfield interact pretty heavily. Rich Miller shall be your source for all things Springfield.
* Meanwhile, Mayor Daley has been under fire for all sorts of problems - the Stroger stuff is starting to rub off on him - and to avoid blame on the proposed CTA fare hike he said yesterday that he wants the General Assembly to consider getting rid of free mass transit rides for seniors...
Daley urged lawmakers to consider rescinding the free rides for senior citizens tacked on to the 2008 CTA bailout by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The freebie was later extended to low-income riders with disabilities, disabled veterans and uniformed military personnel.
House GOP Leader Tom Cross agrees...
"My mom comes downtown. Sorry, mom, but she probably ought to pay. They're doing okay. And I don't think, quite frankly, that they'd resent that. And I think that in this economic time, and really for that matter in any time, I don't think it's fair for those that can pay in a situation like that to get a free ride."
Failing that, Daley wants more state money, or at least authorization to move money around - a concept endorsed today by the Sun-Times...
