In 1974, Milton Pikarsky, head of the Chicago Transit Authority, said the Regional Transportation Authority referendum had to be passed was so the CTA’s overnight could continue.
This past Saturday, the current CTA President Dorval Carter trotted out the same argument for another huge subsidy:
The Daily Herald reported,
One worst-case scenario for the CTA would be ending 24-hour service, President Dorval Carter said.
Hey, it worked fifty years ago
But next year, the tax hikers won’t allow a referendum before they hike taxes.
