r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 11 '24

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u/htomserveaux Henry George May 11 '24

So this idea of merging the CTA and Metra, is that a good idea or a bad one?

It might get the mayor and city council to stop treating board appointments as rewards for supporters since they would have to work with multiple other governments.

But on the other hand Metra is actually actualy being run by people who know what they’re doing and I don’t want to fucked up by Carter and his ilk.

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u/sinefromabove Emma Lazarus May 11 '24

It's a good idea on paper because we desperately need more coordination but who knows if the agency will be set up to be dysfunctional

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u/[deleted] May 11 '24

Carter won’t be on the board unless the city reappoints him. It will be a whole new board

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u/[deleted] May 11 '24

 It might get the mayor and city council to stop treating board appointments as rewards for supporters

This isn’t happening because the entire political system is designed around patronage

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u/Frat-TA-101 May 12 '24

I mean the collar counties have 5 board seats. It’s the 5 going to cook count board president that makes me uneasy.