Posted on 10/28/2009 4:49:06 AM PDT by IbJensen
To save his bloated city budget Mayor Daley sold the Chicago Skyway toll road. Then he sold the city parking meters. And now? Now Daley wants to sell the city water system in order to keep paying all his broken nosed pals their monthly stipend.
CBS Channel 2 is reporting that that Chicago is considering leasing its water system.
Apparently there is a local precedent for this idea already in the Will County city of Homer Glen that leased its city water services to a German-owned company.
Amusingly enough, the mayor of Homer Glen is also named Daley (no relation) and he told Channel 2 that his residents pay about three times more for their water than neighboring communities. Just imagine what Chicago’s residents will end up paying if Richard Daley sells off the city water contract!
The Homer Glen Mayor says that the German-owned company claims that they need the higher prices to make infra-structure improvements. At some level I don’t doubt that. After all, since when does a city ever care enough about its facilities to keep them top-of-the-line and in premium shape? Most cities let infrastructure decay faster than unconcerned city workers can get around to fixing it all.
It wouldn’t surprise me if Chicago’s city water system is in really horrible shape physically and technically.
Still, if Mayor Richard Daley sold the city water system and caused city residents to see a three-fold hike in their water bill it would be tax insult to tax injury in the City of Chicago.
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I don't go there any more. The city where the current occupant of the White House got his political education is anathema.
Well, all the politicians in Chicago are already bought and paid for so they can’t raise any money that way. Maybe they should have a bake sale.
You have a lot higher opinion of Chicago politicians than I do. I thought they could only be rented and weren't honest enough to stay bought.
What was that famous quote that an honest politician was one who stayed bought? Something like that. Can’t remember who said it but no one would accuse Chicago pols of being honest so I have to confess, you are right.
Isn't that the road into Chicago from the south?
I remember riding on the road when it opened in the lat 50s or early 60s. They gave us a little glossy info sheet when we paid the 25 cent toll. It talked about how the quarters would be used to pay off the bonds that had been issued to build the thing. And Daley sold it?
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I think it’s the road to hell.
The problem for Huston and many others is that he loses his credibility when he says “sold” only to then contradict his self and say lease.
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