From the Clout Street blog:

Blagojevich also appeared to try to put some pressure back on Mayor Richard M. Daley, saying he planned to discuss with Daley the idea of tapping into the city’s cash reserves from selling the Skyway as a way to stave off the Jan. 20 CTA cuts.

“Perhaps the mayor and I could do something unilaterally. The mayor has $500 million in his budget from the Skyway. We’ve looked at some alternatives, if the legislature fails to act,” Blagojevich said.

Hmmm. Solving public policy problems without raising taxes … Brilliant! Now if he’d only ask Daley to improve the efficiency of the CTA so we could stop debating their budgetary black hole.