‘YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE’
RedEye’s Jimmy Greenfield blogged about the CTA’s proposed doomsday plan to cut service and raise hikes if the state didn’t come up with a $110 million bailout. This hot button topic brought in dozens of responses. Here’s one of the best.
“Increasing fares and cutting service. Where is the logic? Doing this will do nothing but drive customers away from the CTA. With dwindling ridership, the CTA will be getting less and less money. Then the CTA will be crying again in a year because of no money. I mean really! Service is already bad on the CTA, do they expect people to keep paying more and more for worse & worse service? Posted by: JAMES
Read more at redeyechicago.com/ctablog
10th Line
Leo Ebersole writes “Nine Lines” for RedEye, but he saves the 10th line for you. Here are some of the best from Leo’s setup line: “When I heard Jessica Simpson and John Mayer broke up, I …”
“… wait a second, THAT was Jessica Simpson???!” NICOLE
“… was so glad. John is too good for Jessica, the dummy, and the fact that she ended it with him proves that.”Deidra J.
“… figured the old gray Mayer, he ain’t what he used to be. Paul Lockwood
Take your shot at the 10th line at redeyechicago.com/leo.
RedEye’s tournament to pick Chicago’s best MySpace page concluded its first round this week with eight great pages advancing to the Sweet Sixteen. To cast your vote, visit redeyechicago.com/myspace.
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