No need; we the taxpayers spent $1 million on an exhaustive audit. I invite you to read the 650-page report from the Auditor General (I have!) -- sixth from the top:
http://www.auditor.illinois.gov/Audi...nce-Audits.asp

Like I said above, the cynicism is simultaneously perfectly understandable and yet maddeningly unwarranted.

I could list out all the various revenue tricks that the state has used to buy a few additional months, or weeks, or days, of transit service over the past FIVE YEARS, but I have a flight to catch in seven hours.

And yes, every single time they go through the motions, CTA incurs several million dollars in legally obligated costs (like mailing out layoff notices) which is just money that our idiot "governor" and nincompoop "general assembly" have thrown down the drain. CTA's unions accepted a substantial cut to their pensions, but understandably made it contingent on CTA actually fulfilling its pension obligations (which, like maintenance, it has ignored for years in order to keep the buses going) -- which, in turn, requires the legislature to change CTA's enabling legislation. Of course, TPTB don't care: Rod's up in his private jet buying Wrigley Field, Emil's pondering how to buy off his preachers with nonexistent casino spoils, and Daley is off buying up IOC votes for his next contractor payoff. Meanwhile, the "L" literally crumbles to dust.

I'm sorry, is my disgust showing?