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| DATE | 2009-03-24 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [campaignforny@gmail.com: MTA doomsday tomorrow!]
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On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 06:14:55PM -0400, Ron Guerin wrote:
> Amy Coleman wrote:
>
> > Does the MTA really listen to us or are they giving their execs big
> > bonuses? Overall, I think the MTA is just plain old greedy and not really
> > thinking clearly on how to fix the issues that faces commuters today.
> > Thats just my thoughts.
>
> The MTA was created as a "public authority" for various reasons, but the
> one you need to be concerned about at the moment is that it is largely
> unaccountable to anyone, by design. The politicians are taking
> advantage of this right now to avoid doing anything useful about the
> problems.
>
> Ruben's not wrong about the MTA of course, but I don't think there's any
> possibility whatsoever that anyone's even going to being to listen to
> talk about doing away with the MTA. There's a ticking nuke in the room.
> The people responsible for putting the nuke in our fair city are the
> state legislature, the City of New York, and the MTA board. Given that
> the guilty are being asked to save us all from themselves, there is no
> possibility at all that they're doing anything in Albany right now other
> than looking for a slipcover to throw over the nuke so they can all walk
> away pretending there isn't still a nuke in the room.
>
But the main thing now is to contact Kruger and your local people and
tell them that your not buying the "(Tolls and Taxes )or Cutbacks"
senerio and that you know that if the MTA kills the 15.2 billion dollar
LIRR extension that the MTA then has another 12 billion for car and
station repair in addition to maintaining current service.
And FWIW, I do think that the threat to toll the bridges is a hot enough
button to cause a dismanttling of the MTA. And I know why the MTA would
rather not take the handout the Senate was offering than to raise
fares...and that is because of Bloomberg.
Ruben
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