Has anyone noticed the recorded announcements on the buses which go something like:
"Due to insufficient state funding, CTA will be forced to cut services on ....."
and then a pause like it's getting another recording (in a slightly different tone, I believe), then
"..... January 20th ....."
then going back to the same voice:
"..... Contact your state legislators, etc, etc"
One gets the feeling they just got the recording the used last time and cut and paste a recording with the new "Doomsday" date over it.