Included in the 1974 Regional Transportation Authority legislation was a 15% parking tax. The logic advanced was that it would encourage people coming Downtown to use mass transportation. Social engineering at work. The problem, however, is that lots of people … Continue reading
That was the question that came to mind when I read Friday’s Elgin Courier News. The headline of Steve Lord’s story was EmptyseatsatMetrahearing To discuss fare hikes:Meeting fails to drawinterest of commuters Is it possible that suburbanites know what a … Continue reading
That was the question that came to mind when I read Friday’s Elgin Courier News. The headline of Steve Lord’s story was EmptyseatsatMetrahearing To discuss fare hikes:Meeting fails to drawinterest of commuters Is it possible that suburbanites know what a … Continue reading
With the filing deadline for state legislator being Monday afternoon, most potentially vulnerable incumbents will probably think they vote for a CTA/RTA bailout or tax hike with impunity. After all, no one can get 1,000 signatures after the vote and … Continue reading
With the filing deadline for state legislator being Monday afternoon, most potentially vulnerable incumbents will probably think they vote for a CTA/RTA bailout or tax hike with impunity. After all, no one can get 1,000 signatures after the vote and … Continue reading
Recently Illinois House Republican Leader Tom Cross has reportedly suggested using the sales tax now collected on gasoline and diesel fuel to subsidize mass transit. Maybe that makes as much sense as using that sales tax on health care or … Continue reading
Recently Illinois House Republican Leader Tom Cross has reportedly suggested using the sales tax now collected on gasoline and diesel fuel to subsidize mass transit. Maybe that makes as much sense as using that sales tax on health care or … Continue reading
A recent column by the Chicago Tribune’s Public Editor Timothy J. McNulty told this about Dodie Hofstetter, the person who selects letters to the editor: Hofstetter said she judges the quality of the letter, not whether she agrees with the … Continue reading
A recent column by the Chicago Tribune’s Public Editor Timothy J. McNulty told this about Dodie Hofstetter, the person who selects letters to the editor: Hofstetter said she judges the quality of the letter, not whether she agrees with the … Continue reading
I can hardly believe that George Ranney, one of the Regional Transportation Authority’s original promoters, is advocating the same RTA gas tax that was included in the original legislation. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” … Continue reading
I can hardly believe that George Ranney, one of the Regional Transportation Authority’s original promoters, is advocating the same RTA gas tax that was included in the original legislation. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” … Continue reading
