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    Apr 5, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Kass: Republican Bruce Rauner takes no position on gay marriage

    Bruce Rauner, the multimillionaire Republican businessman who wants to become governor of Illinois, sat down with me for an interview Thursday and dodged questions about same-sex marriage.
    Bruce Rauner, the multimillionaire Republican businessman who wants to become governor of Illinois, sat down with me for an interview Thursday and dodged questions about same-sex marriage. It took about four tries to pin him down on where he stands,...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Family, Weight, Same-Sex Marriage, Illinois Governor

    2. Mar 25, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Chicago man starts petition drive against new Ventra fare-payment card

    Springlike weather is arriving late this year, but it's shaping up to be a long, hot summer for the Chicago Transit Authority.
    Springlike weather is arriving late this year, but it's shaping up to be a long, hot summer for the Chicago Transit Authority. CTA President Forrest Claypool and his team will manage two difficult projects that are already unpopular with many riders...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Transit Authority, Phil Collins, Michigan Avenue, Personal Income

    3. Mar 18, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. CTA's Ventra fare system a tool of mass confusion

    The <strong>Chicago Transit Authority</strong> soon will launch a new fare-payment system that affects almost every CTA and <strong>Pace</strong> rider, although transit officials have yet to fully explain how it will work.
    The Chicago Transit Authority soon will launch a new fare-payment system that affects almost every CTA and Pace rider, although transit officials have yet to fully explain how it will work. Poor communications with customers is something the CTA has...

    Tags: Personal Data Collection, Chicago Transit Authority, Media Industry, Michigan Avenue, Social Media

    4. Nov 26, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Mark your calendar: Transit dates to watch in the coming weeks

    Major events are circled on the Getting Around transportation calendar as 2012 crosses over into 2013, and the first big one is scheduled to take effect by Friday, when drivers flock back to <strong>Lower Wacker Drive.</strong>
    Major events are circled on the Getting Around transportation calendar as 2012 crosses over into 2013, and the first big one is scheduled to take effect by Friday, when drivers flock back to Lower Wacker Drive. The reopening of the complete stretch of...

    Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Transportation, Services and Shopping, O'Hare International Airport, Highway Transportation

    5. Nov 25, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Governor, you didn't ask, but . . .

    <em>Another collection of dispatches from Somebody Nobody Asked &trade;, America's pre-eminent unsolicited advice columnist.</em>
    Another collection of dispatches from Somebody Nobody Asked ™, America's pre-eminent unsolicited advice columnist. Dear Gov. Pat Quinn: Your posse, like every good posse, needs a "no" person — a man or woman deputized to speak...

    Tags: Executive Branch, Customs and Tradition, Sandi Jackson, Chicago Transit Authority, Government

    6. Sep 10, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Another seating issue arises for new CTA trains

    The <strong>CTA</strong> could go a long way toward addressing public unhappiness over the &quot;New York-style'' seating on Chicago's new rail cars if only CTA officials would consider doing what New York transit officials did many years ago.
    The CTA could go a long way toward addressing public unhappiness over the "New York-style'' seating on Chicago's new rail cars if only CTA officials would consider doing what New York transit officials did many years ago. The solution starts with...

    Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Transit, Michigan Avenue, Science and Technology

    7. Dec 10, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Study: Squeeze on spending could lead to mass-transit meltdown

    If you are a <strong>CTA</strong> or <strong>Metra</strong> rider who is miffed about paying more to ride buses and trains next year, those higher fares represent only one relatively minor worry for Chicago-area transit customers, according to a new study by <strong>DePaul University</strong>.
    If you are a CTA or Metra rider who is miffed about paying more to ride buses and trains next year, those higher fares represent only one relatively minor worry for Chicago-area transit customers, according to a new study by DePaul University. It...

    Tags: Union Pacific Corporation, Fiscal Cliff, Chicago Transit Authority, Merchandise Mart, Renovation

    8. Sep 3, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. CTA cracks down on tardy, absent workers

    Taking a tougher stance on chronic labor problems, the <strong>CTA</strong> has fired 63 bus and rail workers this year through Aug. 20 for repeatedly showing up late to work, compared with only nine terminations for the same violation in all of 2011, according to records obtained by the Tribune.
    Taking a tougher stance on chronic labor problems, the CTA has fired 63 bus and rail workers this year through Aug. 20 for repeatedly showing up late to work, compared with only nine terminations for the same violation in all of 2011, according to records...

    Tags: Work Rules Contract Issues, Chicago Transit Authority, Unions, Michigan Avenue, Diabetes

    9. Dec 17, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. CTA's plan to relieve overcrowding goes into full swing

    <em>&quot;Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work." &mdash; Daniel Hudson Burnham</em><em> (1846-1912)</em>
    "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work." — Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846-1912) Those inspired words by the architect who created urban...

    Tags: Commuting, Chicago Transit Authority, O'Hare International Airport, Unemployment, Daniel Burnham

    10. Aug 27, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. CTA passengers uncomfortable in new 'L' cars

    More than 100 of the CTA's new rail cars are in service on the Pink and Green lines, and the Red Line is due to get them starting in November, followed by the Purple, Yellow and Orange lines, according to transit officials.
    More than 100 of the CTA's new rail cars are in service on the Pink and Green lines, and the Red Line is due to get them starting in November, followed by the Purple, Yellow and Orange lines, according to transit officials. With a significant number of...

    Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Vehicles, Services and Shopping, United Air Lines, Michigan Avenue

    11. Aug 20, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. CTA's bus rapid transit won't be so rapid

    <strong>CTA</strong> planning manager Joe Iacobucci is the first to acknowledge at the transit agency that &quot;if you ask the average person in Chicago what BRT is, you get a blank look."
    CTA planning manager Joe Iacobucci is the first to acknowledge at the transit agency that "if you ask the average person in Chicago what BRT is, you get a blank look." BRT, or bus rapid transit, is Iacobucci's special project. He hopes to transform those...

    Tags: Railway Transportation, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Transit Authority, Public Transportation, Traffic

    12. Nov 25, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  12. GQuinn, if you had a 'no' person, he'd say 'yes' to this bit of unsolicited advice

    Change of Subject
    Another collection of dispatches from Somebody Nobody Asked ™, America's pre-eminent unsolicited advice columnist. Dear Gov. Pat Quinn: Your posse, like every good posse, needs a "no" person — a man or woman deputized to speak skeptically...
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