Jeff Ward: Notes on West Suburban Civilization
Jeff Ward: Metra Will Raise Fares By 30%—If It Can Collect Them! It's 'Government Stupidity Gone Wild'
It's a soap opera, really. What's next? Throwing little old ladies from moving trains?
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, it did! It wasn’t bad enough that their former director absconded with nearly half a million dollars. It wasn't bad enought that the board members, who failed to implement any kind of oversight, spent another $2.5 million just to determine how he did it. Then they refused to resign until Springfield threatened their sponsors with political death. And once those incompetent board members were finally forced out, the inept Metra management folks actually had the nerve to announce, “By the way. We’ve been borrowing money from our capital fund to pay operating expenses and, since that’s no longer sustainable, we’re facing a $100 million 2012 buget shortfall.” Nope! Apparently none of that was …
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9:33 am on Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Jeff, It's wrong to require a full name, in fact the patch should encourage anonymous posts. To those of you that are paid for your opinion, it may seem important as in "don't say it if you don't have the guts to show your face". To others, who could or definitely would be disciplined or terminated at work for having an opinion, it's just not prudent. more ›