Chicago Doesn’t Own Its Own Streets - eviltoast
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Chicago is held hostage by a 75 year lease of its parking meters to Morgan Stanley, impacting public transport and alternate transportation funding.

  • Gigan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    301·
    1 year ago

    I heard about this situation a couple years ago and thought it sounded like a terrible deal for Chicago. Turns out it’s even worse than I thought! Hopefully the city can find some way to mitigate the damage caused by it.

    • ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      I was living in Chicago at the time. Everyone knew it was a terrible deal but Mayor Daley ruled the city with an iron fist and did whatever he wanted.

        • intelati@programming.devEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Story still pisses me off to the day I heard about it.

          TL,DR: in the dead of night bulldozers physically tore up portions of runway. Standing 50+ airplanes. FAA approved using taxiway to evacuate

          • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            I always appreciated it because it’s probably the only time a politician specifically fucked over the ultra rich for the benefit of the general public.