Commentary: What the traffic mess near the site of Chicago’s future casino says about the city’s process – Chicago Tribune*

"Imagine if city decision-makers had walked the Grand Avenue bridge at 8:15 on a Tuesday morning in October 2024, stood at Grand and Halsted and Milwaukee, and watched the No. 65 inch forward. Watched the cyclist’s narrow choice. Watched the parent with a stroller. And said: Maybe all of this at once is not a good idea. Let’s go back to the planning table with CDOT, the CTA, the departments of Buildings and Water Management, the Gaming Board and the casino, together, and center our citizens instead of our regulations."
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The Railroader
20 hours ago

This is starting to look like the ‘future casino’ becoming more like Twosome Newsome’s train to nowhere project. Typical Dem mismanagement that will no doubt require more confiscated taxpayer cash for a bailout.

Illinois elects its dumbest.

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