"Even worse, Governor Blagojevich didn't demonstrate the testicular virility he claims to have by telling the bill's sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos and the other legislators that he would only approve a sales tax bill only on the condition that they included free rides for seniors, prior to its passing today. I can only speculate as to why he'd want to wait until after the General Assembly passed the bill, but considering our governor's past history of grandstanding - and desire to look like the good-guy-populist-cowboy riding in to save the day - I suspect he wanted to force legislators between a rock and a hard place: either pass the bill with revisions or rile transit riders over governmental "inaction" yet again (and get the subset of take-it-to-the-ballot-box-seniors in that group angry as well)."

Scott Smith, Time Out Chicago, "Governor Blagojevich makes a bad situation worse," January 10, 2008

My boyfriend is wicked smart. Chicago Tonight needs to ask him back to talk more CTA!

Posted by Erin at 04:58 PM | filed under: Chicago