Thursday, September 13, 2007
(9:52 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
Rod Blagojevich: Idiot
Our idiot governor is now generously "bailing out" the CTA by advancing it $24 million from next year's budget, in order to avert the "doomsday" scenario of fare hikes plus route cuts. This seems to be essentially the equivalent of getting a payday loan while job-hunting, then declaring victory.The thing is, the only reason the situation has come to this point at all is that the governor has promised to veto the only realistic and sustainable plan put forward to fund transit -- a regional sales tax and real estate transfer tax increase. The reasoning? Taxes are involved. The bill to implement this plan passed with a substantial majority, but not a veto-proof majority.
So this effort to look like he's swooping in and saving the day while the legislature dicks around just makes me hate Blagojevich more and more. Maybe it will make legislators angry enough to pass the transit funding plan with a veto-proof majority, just as a fuck-you.
