From the Daily Herald:
The legislation “appears to confirm our initial fears that this is a Chicago-Cook County takeover of regional transit funding and operations because the voting thresholds appear to be heavily skewed toward Cook County and the city of Chicago,” Republican state Sen. Don DeWitte of St. Charles said.
“We will continue to fight for fairness and equity in board representation and voting power for the five collar counties.”
From an email to CapitolFax:
This is not just a Cook County City of Chicago takeover, this is now a Cook County City of Chicago, governor’s office take over. Please see Paige 194 line 9 in Senator Villivalam’s amendment. It’s specifies one of the governors appointments to the new board will be the chairman. [Emphasis added.]
