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Posted: Saturday, 31 October 2009 2:49PM
Daley: Free rides decision shows lack of 'backbone'
Mike Krauser Reporting
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CHICAGO (WBBM) -- Mayor Daley is not pleased with the state legislature's failure to halt free rides for seniors on public transit.
State lawmakers, says Mayor Daley, "don't seem to have backbone for anything."
And free rides for seniors is no exception.
"It costs the CTA about $40 million. How do they pay for it? I don't know. And that's what they try to explain to people. Everybody wants a free ride. Everybody wants a free lunch. Everybody wants it, but how do you pay for it? You know seniors need help. You know that. But you can't just blanket anyone who's a senior and say you have a free ride forever," Daley said.
Elections are approaching, and nobody wants to irritate seniors. So you can do the math.
What it means, though, says the mayor, is they're hurting their own citizens, those transit riders who will pay more for less.
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