More For Less - Again
CTA service would run less frequently and the basic fare would be raised to as much as $3 next year under a dire 2010 budget proposal unveiled today.
The CTA workforce would be hit hard as well to ease a projected $300 million budget shortfall.
Up to 1,100 union jobs and 100 administrative position are slated for elimination if new public funding and employee concessions fail to occur, transit officials said.
"Union employees have been relatively untouched by layoffs [in recent years]," said CTA President Richard Rodriguez. "We are asking the unions to step up and be a part of the solution."
For this being such a "union" town, the union leadership sure seem in a hurry to give back all sorts of negotiated items for zero concessions by the City. We're sure the SEIU, the bus drivers, Streets, Transportation, the trades and laborers are really wondering about those endorsements and give-backs to a Machine that is gutting them.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
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didn't Luberman fix all this and save the CTA
Even our beloved fop doesn't appear and I stress appear that bad compared to some of the other sell out unions.
FUCK M
Its a choice of some jobs vs a lot of jobs being lost.....reaming at its best
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Why does the city help fund the cta? Does that mean they should live in the city like other revenue generating departments do? No! They do not have to live in this city. What's up with that. Somebody please explain.
While patrolling the CTA during Special Employment, PO's will now receive a 50% fare reduction... only a buck and a half!!!
DOOMSDAY SENARIO PART III
"this is really it this time"
i see a lot of empty busses on my tour.......i call bad management.
Let's see, $300 Million shortfall for the CTA, $600 Million shortfall for the city, things are going to get interesting when the budget is done.
OT - Blackhawks down 5-0 come back to win 6-5 in OT. Biggest comeback win in their history!
HYBRID BUSES
BUSES THAT TALK
INTERNET TRACKING OF BUSES
GIANT STATIONS STARTED IN DOWN TOWN AND NEVER FINISHED.
HI END CAMERA AND EVERY BUS AND TRAIN THAT ARE BLURRY?
WHY CANT THE LATE NIGHT BUSES BE SMALLER THEY R NEVER FULL.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SUPER PASS?
WHY CANT BUS DRIVERS HAVE VALID LICENSES?
LUBERMANS NEXT STOP CPS GOOD LUCK FENGER JESSE IS TAKING A BUS RIDE TO VISIT!
Here's how you fix the CTA.
When you look at a bus and the only person in it is the driver. Reduce that route by (1) bus.
Then reassess and repeat. No thank-you's nesessary.
Look, don't feel bad for SEIU Local 73. They screwed the other 400 members of their bargaining unit in IBEW by signing a secret side amendment to their contract with the city. The dispatchers at OEMC and the Airport got out voted for a contract we didn't want because the city put us in a bargaining unit with these morons. Now .....we are being forced to abide by an amendment to that contract that Local 73 signed behind our back. The city is claiming that IBEW members at OEMC and the airport are bound by this amendment. It takes away our paid holidays and our ability to request to be paid for overtime worked instead of taking comp time. SEIU KNEW this was going to happen so before you feel bad for them for getting screwed by the city..why don't you take them to task for screwing the other members of their bargaining unit?
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DOOMSDAY SENARIO PART III
"this is really it this time"
i see a lot of empty busses on my tour.......i call bad management.
10/13/2009 04:45:00 AM
It is the bottled water tax syndrome. There is a point beyond which diminishing returns are the result.
Bottled water is an example, total tax receipts went way down after shit for brains leaders put that 5 cent bottled water tax in place. People go elsewhere.
Raise the CTA fares too much and total receipts will go down, not up. Witness daley's head tax.
*THIS IS A TRUE STORY*
_THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER_
This one is a little different....
Two Different Versions! ................. Two Different Morals!
_
OLD VERSION_: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer
long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and
plays the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed.
The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.
*
MORAL OF THE STORY:_ Be responsible for yourself_
MODERN VERSION:_
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building
his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and
plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and
demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed
while others are cold and starving.
CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the
shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable
home with a table filled with food. America is stunned by the sharp
contrast.
How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor
grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper and everybody
cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'
Acorn stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the
news stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.' Rev.
Jeremiah Wright then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the
grasshopper's sake.
Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid exclaim in an interview with Larry King
that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and
both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his
fair share.
Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act
retroactive to the beginning of the summer.
The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green
bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home
is confiscated by the Government Green Czar.
The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits
of the ants food while the government house he is in, which just
happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he
doesn't maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow.
The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the
house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who
terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.** _
MORAL OF THE STORY_:** /Be careful how you vote in 2010./*
Don`t you love America. I do.
Its amazing that the shortfall is just about the amount the city/cta spend on the "station to nowere" that we now have to spend additional millions every year just to keep it from falling apart and leaving a huge hole in the downtown area.
Of course, after the mayor and his cronies divided up the cash ( and huge cost overruns ) it seems the taxpayer is left holding the bag, again!
where else can you pay only $3 for such live entertainment? the shuckin & jivin, the bum pissing on himself and his seat, the homeless guy licking the bbq sauce from his fingertips, the shell games, the high school kids sceaming at each other while feeling each other up, the driver on his bluetooth telling baby girl that she is gonna get a delivery in the rear when mac daddy arrives. i can go on and on! CTA = Can't Travel Anymore!
This city, county, state is a joke... This government is the worst. This place is run like a Dictatorship - "what government saids, it does".... People here DO NOT have a voice or say in anything. Daley and the Aldermans lay down the law and that's it and the people can't or won't do anything about it. Businesses can't even come here and set up shop because of the politics (for example, Walmart..., and Cricket - just getting here when they were in other states years ago)
* do they think people like being nickeled and dimed here and there?
* do they think gun restrictions lower gun crime?
* do they think raising all kinds of taxes and fees pull in more revenue?
Guess what?
** you give out those stats about murders being down, however, shootings are wayyyy up. You impose gun restrictions on law abiding citizens, but not on thugs and gangbangers... plaxico went to jail for 2 yrs for shooting himself, thugs here get a slap on the wrist. I can't wait for the Supreme Court to do the right thing!
** people are shopping in other states and counties to avoid the high taxes.
** aldermans are a waste of taxpayers' money - they have too much power and control
This can be a great city and state if it had NEW management. The mismanagement, waste, creative accounting, and corruption is unbelievable.
Oh NO ! Not another DOOMSDAY ! By the way Chicken Little the sky is falling.
Nice lead-in story for the City's "we be poor" arbitration arguments.
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Let's see, $300 Million shortfall for the CTA, $600 Million shortfall for the city, things are going to get interesting when the budget is done.
10/13/2009 04:45:00 AM
Here is reality,daley has on his desk 2,900 yes 2.900 more he wants to "layoff"! Non union next year WILL take 30 days off without pay, he is looking at combining city clerks office with dept of revenue as they both due same tasks. But will he layoff or put his fleet of valets back in patrol to save money? will he cut valets pay from D-3 to d-1 during tough economic times? NO!
wait, I thought the CTA was a selling point to the olympics? lol
For the 10th consecutive year the CTA is painting a Dooms Day scenario in their self-created budget crisis. How about chopping some of the top salaries of CTA execs? That they have done a crappy job is obvious, if they had done a good job the CTA would not have been in this mess.
Want to sell a capital asset? Sell the goddamn CTA! Sell it to a private management firm who will run it right! And do it quickly.
How about we get rid of all of the door to door service and make it a mass transit again.
The deal isn't so good when the democRATs you helped put in office go back on it. Thanks seiu for backing these pieces of shit.
It amazes me how the unions back these assholes, the same assholes that want to lay us off, take away our benefits and rob all of us of our taxes, AND you want us to vote for them?
How can they be the cause AND solution to our problems?
And people actually think we are going to get a raise and retro. Not happening, not going to happen!
Do you mean the smae CTA that has billboard ads pasted every freaking where generating revenue? The same that has more supervisors than employees? The same that has more supervisor vehicles than buses? I call bullshit on this one.
Too many chiefs, not enough Indians.
every year its the same bullshit, cps, cta, cook county, city of chicago, state of illinois, all broke and threatening the population with cuts and increased taxes.... we have plenty of money, it is just grossly mismanaged and then the answer is to go to the public and make them pay more...
ot: cold steel on ice baby, down 5 to zip and come back to win 6-5 in overtime... calgary was an unbeaten team until last night... what the hell is wrong with huet ???? he better get his head out of his ass fast or he will be the 4 million dollar a year back up goalie and niemmi(sic) will be the starter--- take a good look at this kid, he is super fast as a "big" goalie and knows when to pop out of the cage at the right time to aid his d-men....
Don't they do this every goddam year? Who's running the show over there?
I as a citizen have to balance my checkbook. If I don't, I go bankrupt, my house goes away, and I'm left holding bills for lots of debt I can't finance.
Why is government not held to the same standards?!
You can only cry wolf so many times before people ignore you. If the CTA is so badly mismanaged (and, yes, that includes Huberman's brief tenure, as well), then heads should roll.
Prices, however, should not change. Raising the price will result in fewer riders. Fewer riders will result in lower income. Vicious cycle.
In a time of economic crisis, which probably affects users of public transportation more than others, why stick it to them even more???
The Daley administration claims to be so green. Our accidental governor claims to be, as well. The Federal government swears it's the way to go... so, how about subsidizing public transport during this hardest of times? After all, it's the least the U.S. can do, considering it just subsidized the gas guzzling auto industry to the tune of billions.
And buses and trains are far more fuel-efficient, per rider, than cars.
They can raise the price of a ride to $10 and I would still stop mutts with packs of 20 free ride cards that they get for free so they can make their parole/probation drops. do the citizens realize how many free passes are given out? Riding the CTA is like going to Roosevelt University, one half is paying full boat for the other halves free ride.
There is no Constitutional right to cheap public transportation. It is service provided by a for profit organization. I never ride the bus but some of my taxes go to CTA, Pace etc.
If you want to ride, pay up.
If you don't want to pay up, shut up and walk.
Let's see: in today's scum times, some guy was bitching because a ride will be $3.00 one way. That's $6.00 round trip, $30.00 bucks for a 5 day work week. The whiney fuck. That's still cheaper than a car, and because I live on the south side, I can't ride the bus or El because it's unsafe.
Well I could, I've got a pistol, but you know what I mean.
And I apologize for reading the scum times.
Didn't Hubberman leave this place is spiffy condition?
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Why does the city help fund the cta? Does that mean they should live in the city like other revenue generating departments do? No! They do not have to live in this city. What's up with that. Somebody please explain.
10/13/2009 02:33:00 AM
No. Daley says only people in dangerous first responder jobs have to live in the city. Teachers get away with it, CTA and everyone else, da police and da fire...NO. I'd call that discrimination, but everyone else (alderthieves, illinois reps) conveniently says no.
10/13/2009 2:33am
I work out in the Morton Grove area. My commute is 4 to 4 1/2 hours total per day. I'm not the only one.
Yes, I have looked at apartments out in the burbs. Shitboxes with less sq footage, $250+ more then what I'm paying plus utilities.
Thanks to Mayor Daley & these other asses, I HAVE I go outside my city unless of course I want to work at a 7 Eleven, Starbucks, Walgreens, etc. Places that typically pay min. wage and f/t is considered 32 hours per week or less.
My professional background includes 10 yrs of bus. mgmt. including various areas, corporate training, numerous awards, etc.
This state sucks. Just look at all for sale, for rent, etc businesses and others that are vacant. Factories are being demolished in my area let alone VACANT store fronts. Even worse, jackass Daley put parking meters by the only businesses left. Some blocks have oen store and yes, there is ONE parking meter just recently placed there.
If you look at our transit, its extemely outdated. Why do all the trains revolve around the Loop? Is Chicago only the downtown area? Yes, it is. These goons earn a LOT fo money and are clueless how to amke transit work. Look at new York. Transit is very effective there.
This state sucks and is very behind the times...
off topic: newest program to be advanced "customer satisfaction survey" following piloted districts:2,6,10,12,19 and 23. upon completion or a job the officer will give the person a card tha reads "you have just had contact with a cpd officer. report your satisfaction or dissatisfaction with how you were treated" call 1-888-648-3988 or go to web address...
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off topic: newest program to be advanced "customer satisfaction survey" following piloted districts:2,6,10,12,19 and 23. upon completion or a job the officer will give the person a card tha reads "you have just had contact with a cpd officer. report your satisfaction or dissatisfaction with how you were treated" call 1-888-648-3988 or go to web address...
10/13/2009 07:30:00 PM
That sounds fucking great. I usually shag a bunch f homeless piss bums around the same time each morning. I also deal with other strange people of diminished mental capacity with whom I am friendly. I will have lots of fun with this one.
I will coach some of my regulars to call that number and give whoever answers some good old fashioned old school CPD entertainment. Fuck these morons at 35th street to a standstill.
Time for me to get a new name-tag that says WEIS on it and have some fun. I am retiring soon so why not.
Any truth to the rumor started by the overserved officers in the 024th that the whole city will be on the 4/2 schedule nest year? The men of the 024 tend to imbibe and thr truth sometimes gets mangled
Fuck it with comment cards,and all the other bullshit lets just sell all cpd cars and take cta to jobs who gives a shit anymore anyway?
"Why is government not held to the same standards?!
10/13/2009 04:26:00 PM"
Because government, as it has devolved, has become a business whose customers are compelled to purchase it's 'goods and services'.
Not your intuitive definition of government?
It wasn't our Founding Father's definition either.
A perfect fix. Get shorter buses.
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Any truth to the rumor started by the overserved officers in the 024th that the whole city will be on the 4/2 schedule nest year? The men of the 024 tend to imbibe and thr truth sometimes gets mangled
10/13/2009 10:40:00 PM
Not sure if rumor or if they drank too much but we were told at roll call in 007 today 16oct09 0800hrs that Peterson addressed midnights last night and stated that "all districts are going 4-2 as of 01Jan10. Also stated by watch rep at same roll call that there was an emergency FOP meeting today but it seems that 4-2 is already set in stone, just waiting for the order to get printed. Well we have been bitching about 6-2 for years and now it may be here. I say great, but I'm sure others will still bitch because thats what cops do(want something for years, finally get it then complain that it must be some conspiracy from FOP and the city)
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