This was always going to happen. As the progressive agenda advances one agenda, it must slam into another.
New Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to spend $150 million to make Chicago (yes, Chicago!) America's most bike-friendly city.
Criticism of this move comes not from the excess spending at a time of double-digit unemployment and a $640 million budget deficit, but where the investment is to be made.
You see, the Mayor wants to invest bike money in the Loop and the North Side, neglecting the City's poorer areas. Says one critic,
“My concern is that the lion’s share of the resources are going to go downtown and to the North Side – the South and West will only see a sprinkling.”
That's the concern?
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