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Article: CTA aide gets conference room at cost of $24,000
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 11, 1988
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The executive director of the cash-short CTA has spent more than
$24,000 to build himself a new conference room, saying his very
sizable office, second largest in the CTA complex, "just wasn't big
enough."
Robert Paaswell said he had asked for "the cheapest possible
design" when ordering a nearby empty office and storage area
converted to a conference room.
So he was embarrassed, Paaswell said, when he learned the new
facility would cost $22,877 unfurnished. Change orders, new
carpeting, and the leasing of chairs is raising the total above
$24,000.
Paaswell said he needed the conference room because it's his
"management style" to "have my staff get together and talk through ...