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Originally Posted by Khorum  I'd GLADLY turn this into Chicago political cockjoust if you insist, but the fact is that CTA reforms started looong before Daley was on the job (under Washington and then even Byrne). The decline in murder rates started under Harold Washington's reforms and the Cities beautification and massive street cleaning/snow removal systems were started by Jane Byrne (who doesn't get anywhere NEAR the credit she deserves). What mayor WOULDN'T expand the CTA and the Streets and Sanitation and the public schools? That's exactly their jobs and as far as reform and improvement Daley didn't improve on ANY of that.
His innovations have been largely shallow and irresponsible partisan pandering: Increased taxes, Expanding the Airport systems to the detriment of homeowners and businesses in the affected regions, more increased taxes, preposterous bike path faggotry on our already-congested streets, the expensive and ineffective "blue bag" recycling fiasco, increased property and tobacco taxes, the expensive (and Target-stores lobbied) Wal-Mart exclusion fiasco, and of course, more fucking taxes.
So in exchange for some new lampposts and bus sheds (LOL) we get almost triple the property taxes we'd paid in the nineties, rampant corruption and patronage in our already-incompetent city infrastructure and a bloated and corrupt police force whose greatest claim to fame is that one of them is very effectively dodging prosecution for murdering his wives and getting rid of the evidence. |
im talking about his
recent lobbying when they were going to shut down parts of the CTA in the last few months :P.
expanding the airport brings in a lot of revenue to the city, you should know better than that. you might not like bike paths but its a green alternative and that keeps the hippies happy. walmart was about more than just target -- and ive said sales and tobacco is stupid.
when the city gets as unhappy as you are with the conditions he'll be escorted out of office. the fact remains that 80% of the voting population in chicago disagrees about the quality of life there.
having moved to the DC area recently, id be in that 80% opposed to your opinion.
PS: move back to nova and then talk to me about congested streets. chicago traffic is NOTHING compared to this shit. ill take the ike every day with 10 multicar accidents during a snowstorm in rush hour vs a nice SATURDAY (normal non holiday) here on 66.