Save the CTA: Postcard Campaign

The Chicago Transit authority is going to do some major service cuts if they don't get $55-million from the Illinois government. (background stories if you haven't heard about it: Chicagoist, Chicagobusiness.com, CTA.)

I'm going to mail a series of postcards to my congresspeople in Illinois:
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FRONT OF CARD:
**photo of rush-hour traffic**
We don't need MORE rush-hour traffic
Approve the $55-million for the CTA

BACK OF CARD:
If you don't approve the $55-million for the CTA, there will be even more cars on the expressways during rush hour. We don't need that. We need more people to ride the CTA.

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FRONT OF CARD:
**photo of super-crowded train**
Give us some air
Approve the $55-million for the CTA

BACK OF CARD:
If the CTA cuts service, there will be less trains during rush hour. Can you imagine squeezing any more people onto the already crowded rush hour trains? Service cuts are impossible for the working class.

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FRONT OF CARD:
**photo of family**
Let me see my family
Approve the $55-million for the CTA

BACK OF CARD:
I cannot afford a car. I ride the CTA to see my parents on the south side. I ride the CTA to see my brother on the west side. I ride the CTA to see my sister on the north side. You HAVE TO approve the $55-million for the CTA so service is not cut on the CTA. I need it.

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FRONT OF CARD:
**photo of workplace**
Let me go to work
Approve the $55-million for the CTA

BACK OF CARD:
I cannot afford a car. I ride the CTA every day to work. You HAVE TO approve the $55-million for the CTA so service is not cut on the CTA. I need it.

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FRONT OF CARD:
**photo of grocery store, or maybe some basic food items, or maybe me carrying 10 bags of groceries down the sidewalk**
Let me buy food
Approve the $55-million for the CTA

BACK OF CARD:
The nearest grocery store is 8 blocks away from me. I need the bus to buy my food. You HAVE TO approve the $55-million for the CTA so service is not cut on the CTA. I need it.
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What do you think of these ideas? Any changes? Additional ideas? I encourage anyone to take these ideas and do their own postcard campaign.