Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to give away $150 gas cards to motorists squeezed at the pump and $50 Ventra cards to lure commuters back to the CTA ran into legislative potholes on Wednesday — even after the income threshold was lowered.
When Lightfoot announced the $12.5 million, pre-election giveaway last week, she talked about using a rolling lottery to offer gas cards to motorists over 18 with a valid city sticker and a maximum household income that does not exceed 140% of the area median income for Chicago. That works out to a limit of about $140,000 for a family of four.
