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CTA’S BIG DIG KEEPS SUCKING IN TAXPAYER DOLLARS

CHICAGO-The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has halted construction on its “super station” in downtown Chicago that would have been the hub for express trains running between Midway Airport, downtown Chicago, and O’Hare Airport. In typical government fashion the project was under-budgeted and there were cost overruns. Springfield politicians have been discussing a “capital budget plan” to spend $25 billion taxpayer dollars. Of this $25 billion, $3.4 billion would go towards mass transit pork. One of the projects proposed in Chicago is the $2 billion “Airport Express” for the CTA’s rail system. Read more

CHICAGO—The taxpayer initiative to end the state income tax on the statewide Massachusetts ballot, if successful, could spread across the nation, according to Jim Tobin, President of National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI). The Massachusetts state board of elections recently certified that citizen activists have gathered 83,000 certified signatures to qualify an initiative for the November ballot to eliminate the state income tax. Read more

$25 BILLION PORK FEST PLAN RUNNING IN EXPENSIVE CIRCLES

There has been a lot of talk in Springfield recently about passing a capital budget plan. The Governor called a special session next week to spend $25 billion. Of this $25 billion, $3.4 billion would go towards mass transit pork. One of the projects being proposed in Chicago is the “Circle Line” for the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) rail system.
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