Article: Chicago Transit Authority's Fare Hike Angers Mayor.

By Gary Washburn, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 7--Chicago Transit Authority President Frank Kruesi on Monday appeared to be at odds once again with Mayor Richard Daley, his old friend and confidant, when Daley termed a planned CTA fare increase "silly" and insisted he was not consulted on the matter.

"I know nothing about it," Daley fumed during a City Hall news conference. "That was a leaked story. It went right to you from over at CTA and they never briefed me, never briefed my staff and never briefed the CTA board."

Daley's anger raised questions about the fate of the fare increase and Kruesi's future at ...

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