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In other news with Springfield gridocked:
EJ&E railway plan met with protests http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=110309&src=12 Barrington is up in arms it seems. And this is moving past NIMBYism. Rep. Don Manzullo objected, as did my Congresswoman, Mellissa Bean, who is from Barrington. The big guns are getting involved. But this line from the article was telling: CN intends to move freight trains from some of its more congested lines to the EJ&E. Overall, the changes mean 34 towns will see more freights and 80 will see fewer. But the communities this benefits aren't the rich exurb sprawl communities, so it's not going to matter that this is an overall good for the region. |
^ What's the best cure against NIMBIES? A taste of their own medicine. Bwahahahahahahaaa!!!
Railway deal opens up debate on noise, traffic Switching tracks to skirt Chicago irks some suburbs By Richard Wronski, Tribune staff reporter. Freelance reporter Robert Channick contributed to this report January 10, 2008 The proposed sale of a short-line railroad whose tracks arc around the Chicago area, from Waukegan to Gary, threatens to pit suburb against suburb in a battle over noisy and congestive freight train traffic. On one side of the tracks, so to speak, are those who bitterly oppose the purchase, fearing it will bring more trains, noise and blocked grade crossings to their communities. On the other are those who see welcome relief from the never-ending line of freight cars that already tie up vehicle traffic in their towns. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...ck=2&cset=true |
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It' almost disturbing how many people from the Chicago area are in Iowa City. I actually see people in Iowa City walking around with shirts that say "Welcome to Iowa City, the westernmost suburb of Chicago". As it stands now around 11,000 students at Iowa (34%) come from Chicagoland. There have also been many thousands of people from the inner city of Chicago that have moved to Iowa City during the past 5 years, because of all the public housing in Chicago being torn down. The local paper said during an 8 month period of 2007, over 300 new students from the city of Chicago started going to school in Iowa City. As of 2008 school year, around 8% of the students in the local school district are from the city of Chicago. In 2000 that number was 0%. I think they could get a very high ridership between the thousands of Iowans who moved to Chicago after college, the college students from Chicago going to school in Iowa City, and the new transplants who might opt for a cheaper train ride than driving cars back and forth to Chicago. |
So do you think they'll actually fix this by Jan. 20th? I just can't imgaine them actually going through with the cuts, the city would go into chaos. I know I wouldn't be able to get to work without the #11 Lincoln, the #76 Diversey, and having the Diversey brown line shut down.
I'd have to walk 20 minutes to Fullerton, and then fail to board any of the horribly overcrowded trains that come through there. Hell, I normally have to wait through 4 of them as it is....yesterday the platform was so crowded I sat for 4-5 minutes before even getting up the stairs, let alone on a train. |
I am confident that a transit funding bill will be passed at some point.
I don't understand how downstate thinks is is a Chicago power grab. The sales tax increase would have been for Chicago and its suburbs. It would have in no way effected downstate. But yet they voted against it. I am getting tired of them. |
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Everyone in Springfield wants their share of the bacon to bring home for the re-election effort. They especially don't want to be the only one without bacon, when everyone else is getting some. One Senator's holding out for a bigger bribe. |
so would these down state senators vote for a sales tax increase on the whole State or is on on the shoulders of metro Chicago?
The latest proposal, the tax increase, was for metro Chicago only. |
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Lawmakers send transit funding to governor
Link, Chicago Tribune Please, please, please call the governor's office! (217) 782-6830 Edit: I guess it is not quite a done deal. New provision for DuPage Co. may hold it up in the House, but if they only need a simple majority, I pray it still passes. Then what Blago does is anyone's guess. |
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I've just jumped off the secession bandwagon because now I've got a better idea: Move the capital to Chicago and make those porkers suffer. |
So anyone think BagofAir will screw this one up? Or will he finally heal?
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has he mentioned this before today? what the hell is this????????????? |
he sucks, there is no other way around it. Asks law makers for this and that. They provide it then he changes the rules again and won't sign the bill. Then you got downstate to contend with.
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That's it, I'm registering to vote in Illinois specifically so I can vote AGAINST that dumbass Blagovich...
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He's signing it...
http://www.wbbm780.com/Blagojevich:-...ailout/1457370 "Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Thursday he'll sign a measure increasing Chicago-area sales taxes to pay for metropolitan mass transit systems sent to him by the state Legislature" |
no he isn't until his provisions are met.
The link is from an AM Radio Station that was last updated before the gov refused to sign the bill. The Tribune is up to dat. |
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