Daley won't use Skyway money for CTA
(AP) — Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he won't use the $1.8 billion windfall he generated by privatizing the Chicago Skyway to give a boost to Chicago Transit Authority funding.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich has suggested the idea of raiding Skyway funds for the CTA after twice coming up with short-term state funding fixes.
But Daley says it wouldn't be prudent for a city to sell assets to use them for its budget. Daley adds that if the governor wants to generate dollars for state infrastructure projects, he could follow the city's lead and lease the Illinois Tollway to a private contractor.
The problem of transit money has been on the legislative agenda for months. Transit officials say that without additional state aid, they'll be forced to make deep layoffs, service cuts and fare increases on Jan. 20.
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Maybe Blago could privatize his hair? would dat be worth about a billion dollars? or rent out da governor's mansion he doesn't use? and just what is Da Mare spending dat $1.8 BEEEEEllion on anyway?
Da mare shouldn't spend HIS money on something da STATE should be paying for. Lord knows dis city gives so much to dis state and all we want is our transit system (which we all benefit from) funded properly. We should so totally phokking secede. Dat way da mare can be da governator too.
But Daley says it wouldn't be prudent for a city to sell assets to use them for its budget.
Yes, the money from the sale of city assets are to go into that Swiss bank account.
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