Chicago gets all the road money? Not so.
3 comments March 24th, 2009
For years I’ve rolled my eyes as Rockford politicians — and a certain state senator — have whined about
“Chicago getting all the money.” And I’ve always reminded them, sometimes politely, that it just isn’t true. Now, however, it may become true.
The Daily Herald reported in its March 21 edition that state Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, said it’s about time District One of the Dept. of Transportation gets its fair share of state road funding. District One includes Cook, DuPage, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. That’s where 80 percent of the state’s people live, Cullerton said, but the area gets just 45 percent of the state’s road money.
We who live in Rockfish are in IDOT’s District Two, headquartered in Dixon. Why Dixon? Because Rockfish lawmakers have no clout to move it to Rockfish, where it really should be.
