Several weeks ago, Donald Trump went on a trip to Paris, saw a big military parade, and rushed back to the White House with big dreams racing through his little brain.
In any regards, the president is moving ahead with his parade plans even though . . .
And when he returned to Chicago, he could barely contain his excitement, leading to an exchange on the fifth floor of City Hall that probably went something like this.
There’s no need for an express service, ’cause we already have trains that run from the airports to the Loop (the Blue Line and the Orange Line). And Chicago, then as now, was hard up for money, so we really could have used those millions on something else. And there was no track for those express trains to run on.
As the mayor put it in a press release: “More than a century ago, Daniel Burnham encouraged Chicago to ‘make no little plans,’ and today Chicagoans continue to make big and bold plans with an eye towards the future.”
Actually, this may even be worse than the parking meter deal. In that one, we at least we got the $1.16 billion. In this case, I’m not sure we get anything. The express service is expected to cost upwards of 30 bucks a trip, meaning it’s way too pricey for most Chicagoans.
