^ I don't think the 'ideological fight' thing has any legs to it.
The CTU stuff is really just a distraction. The real issue here is NIMBYism. Everybody knows that if this project didn't have a champion like Rahm, that nothing remotely of this scale will be built.
Now sure, we all agree that the plan is greatly flawed--the lack of transit access and road access, and the city is dropping the ball by not pushing for that.
But lets not kid ourselves--if we let Rahm's tenure lapse before approving a project of this scale, it's almost certain that this project will be ripped to shreds by hyenas when turned over to the NIMBYs and their every little demand; something certain to happen with a newer administration. We'd likely end up getting townhomes on cul-de-sacs and perhaps a grocery store.
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