Kruesi asks for suburbs' sales tax hike
He speaks! Yes, that was CTA president Frank Kruesi calling on the state legislature to increase the state sales tax for the collar counties to 1% to help pay for increased funding to the CTA. Cook County already pays 1% in sales tax for mass transportation.
Read the Tribune story for some interesting tidbits about how much each area contributes to CTA/RTA funding.
Also, Redeye, the Tribune's sister publication, features a fun column by transit writer Alison Neumer about CTA behavior guidelines, and how the offenses will only worsen if the CTA cuts service in July.
I love the message board on the trib site. It's so ludicrous and uninformed.
Posted by: Brian Wolf | April 26, 2005 at 09:09 AM
checkout new Carole Brown blog, ctachair.blogspot.com
Posted by: wheres my ride going | April 27, 2005 at 07:56 PM
I am totally against any funding for the CTa from the collar counties. Frank K. Gets too much now, both pay and pension. Is he nuts?
Posted by: Smitty | April 28, 2005 at 04:31 PM