A new bill in Springfield would hand Mayor Brandon Johnson control of our regional transit system—along with a billion-dollar bailout paid for mostly by the suburbs. Suburbs get taxed. Chicago gets control. That’s outrageous.
This bill would let him appoint a transit board with the power to tax people who didn’t vote for him, can’t remove him, and can’t stop him. That’s not governance—it’s taxation without representation.
If you agree the suburbs deserve a say, sign the petition now: