Andy Martin calls for CTA to file for bankruptcy

NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124


ATTENTION: ASSIGNMENT/DAYBOOK EDITORS

ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS CONFERENCE

U. S. SENATE CANDIDATE ANDY MARTIN PROPOSES THAT CTA BE PUT UNDER FEDERAL COURT SUPERVISION

NTSB REPORT ALLOWS “INCOMPETENT AND UNACCEPTABLE” MANAGEMENT TO CONTINUE CONTROL, MARTIN SAYS

(CHICAGO)(September 12, 2007) Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will hold a news conference Wednesday, September 12th at 5:00 P.M. to propose that the CTA file for federal court bankruptcy reorganization.

“The time to face reality is now upon us. While the clown princes of the Illinois legislature posture and postulate in Springfield, the NTSB report on the 2006 Blue Line crash has confirmed that every passenger who rides the CTA endangers his or her life. Enough is enough. I ride the Blue Line. I want action. I want to live.

“Bankruptcy reorganization would allow the court to implement pension reform, and to implement safety recommendations as a priority. Once the CTA is in bankruptcy, maybe then the politicians will wake up and do the right thing. In the meantime, the public should be protected, and every day that nothing happens the public continues at risk.

“The CTA has an ‘Office of Inspector General.’ Who is he, or she? What has he or she been doing? Absolutely nothing. Expecting the moribund, patronage-ridden CTA to reform itself is unrealistic. The Daley-Durbin machine is interested in patronage and self-promotion, not protecting the public. A federal receivership is the only way to implement reforms, and to protect the traveling and taxpaying public, now,” Martin will state.

Thursday, Martin authored a column arguing that the CTA’s “Doomsday” campaign is a joke: http://www.contrariancommentary.com/community/Home/tabid/36/mid/366/newsid366/140/Default.aspx

NEWS CONFERENCE DETAILS:

WHO: U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin

WHERE: Southeast corner of State Street and
Chicago Avenue, CTA entrance


WHEN: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:00 P.M.

WHAT: Andy Martin proposes to put the CTA
under federal court supervision

MEDIA
CONTACT: (312) 440-4124

WEBSITE: AndyforUSSenator.com

E-MAIL: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
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