Tribune Enters into Front Page Advocacy Journalism
Must saves the bus and train seats of Tribune readers.
How else can one explain the huge front page story on today’s Chicago Tribune?
It's not Monday.
Monday is transportation reporter Jon Hilkevitch’s day to shine.
Most of his stories are not time sensitive, so that’s when the Tribune usually runs them.
This one comes on a Wednesday, though.
One day before the Illinois House is scheduled to vote on Governor Rod Blagojevich’s amendatory veto to give me a free ride anytime I want to take the train to Chicago.
And, it's only going to cost one half a billion dollars a year. I note that little tidbit is not in the Tribune editorial.
It gives legislators another chance to save collar county residents from a 200% increase of the RTA sales tax in the collar counties while Cook’s County’s hike is only 25%.
And, yes, I know that the collar county boards have been bribed with half of the increase.
Yesterday, the Tribune asked for the veto to be overridden.
I wrote a story entitled,
"Hey, you Republicans" the Tribune urges.
"Jump on board."
Do more to damage your anti-tax brand that State Senators Dan Cronin, Kirk Dillard and Dave Millner already have.
Right.
Give the Democrats more targets than they already have in Beth Coulson, Rosemary Mulligan and Sid Mathias.Got to congratulate Democratic Party State Representative Julie Hamos.
She certainly has stuck it to the collar counties.
Posted first on McHenry County Blog.
4 comments:
Just hold your nose and ride the train for free Cal.
Cal, I hope the transit system - the whole system, including Metra - would shut down for just one day so that you will finally realize just how much transit reduces congestion on your suburban roads. If the UP Northwest line stopped running it would take you half a day to travel downtown, if not longer.
Then you would gladly pay that extra cent of sales tax for your venti latte at Starbucks.
I don't drink coffee.
You should, it might give you a personality.
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