Poll: 80% Of Voters Still Hate Meter Lease Deal
Local news organizations over the past few days has been spending a lot of time hashing out the latest poll numbers on Mayor Daley.
The most recent Chicago Tribune poll shows an incumbent mayor with some pretty low numbers.
In fact, Mayor Daley’s weakest poll numbers ever.
One of the key issues that has put the Mayor’s favorability at odds with potential voters is the parking meter lease deal.
According to the poll, 80% of the 500 people polled think Mayor Daley mishandled the meter deal.
80%!
But, that’s actually an improvement over a similar poll last year that saw 90% of those polled hating the parking meter fiasco.
Perhaps in 73 years, Chicagoans will warm to the lease deal.
It takes the city how many years to settle a union contract that lasts four years? Now compare that speed to the 75 year contract for the parking meters. Makes you wonder.
You get the government you vote for. If you didn’t vote, now is the time to change. Register to vote.
votes don’t matter in this city.
Burke Crime family runs it.
[...] without this new information, a recent Chicago Tribune poll said 80% of likely voters thought the meter lease deal was a bad [...]
In my own unscientific polling, I have yet to find one Chicagoan apart from Daley who likes it. But then again, I havn’t met the LAZ CEO or board members either.Since I don’t frequent swanky bars, my chances of meeting one of the above Chicagoans is nil.
[...] a slew of problems that have left eight out of ten Chicagoans angry over the deal according to a Chicago Tribune poll conducted in July, parking meters make interesting politics this election [...]