To: Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago
Mayor Emanuel and Chicago Aldermen: Prevent Another Parking Meters Fiasco
Illinois PIRG
As a Chicago taxpayer, I urge passage of the Privatization Transparency and Accountability Ordinance (PTAO) to reclaim control of our city services and make sure we don't have another parking meter fiasco.
Why is this important?
We deserve to know who controls our city services. We don’t want to make the same mistakes as we did when we gave up control of our parking meters. Now parking meter rates have skyrocketed and taxpayers have no say in our own parking policies for 75 years. And despite this experience, the city continues to contract out services – from clinics to call centers.
The PTAO will make sure the parking meter disaster and other reckless outsourcing don’t happen again. The PTAO will give decision makers and the public all the information they need before a service is outsourced and ensure that the city of Chicago and Chicago residents benefit with better services and a more accountable government.