Mayor Daley said this week that the 2016 Olympic bid was the only idea left in his brainpan to stimulate the city's economy.
"I have nothing [else] up my sleeve," he admitted.
We do. A few ideas:
- Build a little airport on Northerly Island!
- Build a big airport in the south suburbs.
- Take the parking meter system public.
- More liquor licenses, not less.
- Stop giving money away to friends and family.
- Divert Olympic spending to jobs program delivering better city services.
- Apply new error tax to Cubs.
- Combine all city departments into one called City.
- Franchise city to other cities.
- Video poker on the CTA.
- Sign 75-year lease with the Outfit privatizing all operations in exchange for an upfront cash payment.
Steve Rhodes is the proprietor of The Beachwood Reporter, a Chicago-centric news and culture review.
