Chicago is well positioned to receive funds under two new huge pots of money being made available under President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan—but it’s going to have to compete against other regions and tailor its proposals to follow federal policies if it’s to win. That’s the word from U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who in a phone interview alongside U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, outlined some of the new opportunities to jump-start some very big projects here, projects that will compete for $2.9 billion the feds will award by year’s end.
Well, according to this ‘New York’ magazine puff piece, Pete is “sitting pretty”, lol,,, : https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/pete-buttigieg-transportation-secretary-profile.html Pete Buttigieg Is Living His Best Life How billions of dollars in infrastructure funds turned the Transportation secretary into a D.C. power broker. “In a year of woe and confusion for Biden, it has been Buttigieg who is out front and unruffled…” “These days, Pete Buttigieg is concerned about the future of democracy. “I don’t think it’s an accident that the last time fascism was fashionable in certain corners of this country’s political class, one of the things they said for Mussolini is he… Read more »
Eugene from a payphone
4 years ago
Recent video shows that CTA employees need better firearms. Perhaps some gun safety training and fitness programs also. The new $$$ will help.
Ex Illini
4 years ago
When Mayor Pete speaks, nobody listens. He’s another failed cog in the Biden machine. How did he get his job? See what happens when you put unqualified people in key roles? The supply chain issues will continue until this moron is booted out.
He’s essentially a ghost payroller, he gives a few speeches every so often, but collects that big paycheck. He got the job in exchange for dropping out of the primary race.
He was out for weeks and no one outside of his office even knew.
Truth in Cook County
4 years ago
Just more spending we are not collecting taxes for that will just drive inflation, and food and gas prices higher. Nice job Lauren. How about getting inflation under control first? I think the San Francisco federal reserve bank just concluded these programs are what is causing us to take out a mortgage to fill the vehicle with gas?
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Well, according to this ‘New York’ magazine puff piece, Pete is “sitting pretty”, lol,,, : https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/pete-buttigieg-transportation-secretary-profile.html Pete Buttigieg Is Living His Best Life How billions of dollars in infrastructure funds turned the Transportation secretary into a D.C. power broker. “In a year of woe and confusion for Biden, it has been Buttigieg who is out front and unruffled…” “These days, Pete Buttigieg is concerned about the future of democracy. “I don’t think it’s an accident that the last time fascism was fashionable in certain corners of this country’s political class, one of the things they said for Mussolini is he… Read more »
Recent video shows that CTA employees need better firearms. Perhaps some gun safety training and fitness programs also. The new $$$ will help.
When Mayor Pete speaks, nobody listens. He’s another failed cog in the Biden machine. How did he get his job? See what happens when you put unqualified people in key roles? The supply chain issues will continue until this moron is booted out.
He’s essentially a ghost payroller, he gives a few speeches every so often, but collects that big paycheck. He got the job in exchange for dropping out of the primary race.
C’mon Man, Pete is our first male cabinet member to take maternity leave, that’s all the experience you need in Clown World.
He was out for weeks and no one outside of his office even knew.
Just more spending we are not collecting taxes for that will just drive inflation, and food and gas prices higher. Nice job Lauren. How about getting inflation under control first? I think the San Francisco federal reserve bank just concluded these programs are what is causing us to take out a mortgage to fill the vehicle with gas?