Originally Posted by
Fheardhaigh
If Chicago gets the Olympic bid, the amount of federal and private money that will flow in to they city (and the transit system) might make it attractive for the folks in Springfield to sit on their hands and hope that, by only patching it up now, they can get someone else to pay for it later.
I'd be happy if Springfield would cough up enough money to "patch it up", problem is they aren't even doing that.
A colleague just pointed out to me that there is also some related issue having to do with pension savings amounting to $10M per month. The legislature also hasn't acted on this, leaving them another $10M short each month.