Crain’s Chicago Business published a letter by loyal reader and commenter Daniel Messick:

. . . show where money goes

A suggestion I have for the General Assembly or any government organization that helps fund the CTA: Provide an accounting of where and how the money that is allocated to the CTA is being utilized. I would love for a Government Accountability Office-type of organization to investigate and audit the CTA. Shining the light on areas within the CTA in which there is waste and redundancies may lead to the finding of additional funds that could be applied toward the necessary dire repairs and upgrades that are needed.

It is my experience as a periodic Green Line rider from Harlem Avenue in Forest Park/Oak Park that a number of CTA employees are completely unnecessary. I don’t understand the need for upwards of seven CTA employees to clean the platform, when one or possibly two should be adequate.

Daniel Messick
Forest Park