Comments on: Fare Hike Four Looking Out for Number One http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/03/18/fare-hike-four-looking-out-for-number-one/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cap'n Transit http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/03/18/fare-hike-four-looking-out-for-number-one/comment-page-1/#comment-64807 Cap'n Transit Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:46:59 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5695#comment-64807 I missed another Long Island Republican Senator: Carl Marcellino. Really, if Golden, Padavan and Lanza can find two more senators from their own party on Long Island or in the Hudson Valley, or even otherwise pro-transit guys like Libous, they could pass bridge tolls and keep the MTA afloat for a while. But mean ol' man Smith took away their television studio, so they're not playing with him any more. If Diaz, Kruger, Espada and Monserrate are the Four Stooges, what about these twelve? I missed another Long Island Republican Senator: Carl Marcellino. Really, if Golden, Padavan and Lanza can find two more senators from their own party on Long Island or in the Hudson Valley, or even otherwise pro-transit guys like Libous, they could pass bridge tolls and keep the MTA afloat for a while. But mean ol’ man Smith took away their television studio, so they’re not playing with him any more.

If Diaz, Kruger, Espada and Monserrate are the Four Stooges, what about these twelve?

]]> By: Cap'n Transit http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/03/18/fare-hike-four-looking-out-for-number-one/comment-page-1/#comment-64802 Cap'n Transit Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:22:57 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5695#comment-64802 <blockquote>"They're punting for another year," [Senator Martin Golden] said. "That's irresponsible for the taxpayers of the City of New York it's irresponsible for the Senate not to be able to come to a conclusion and do their jobs. They are not functioning; they are not doing the jobs the taxpayers sent them here to do."</blockquote> News to you, Marty: you're a member of that body. More than 40% of the households in your district have no cars. More than half of your constituents depend on transit. (<a href="http://www.tstc.org/reports/cpsheets/NYCsenate_factsheet_district%2022.pdf" rel="nofollow">PDF</a>) If you got together ten of your fellow Republican senators (like maybe Senator Padavan from Queens, Lanza from Staten Island, Fuschillo, Skelos, Owen Johnson, Hannon and LaValle from Long Island, Morahan from Rockland, Larkin from Orange, and Saland from Dutchess, all of whom represent parts of the MTA district), then that's plenty to overcome these four clowns. But I guess you'd rather play politics?

“They’re punting for another year,” [Senator Martin Golden] said. “That’s irresponsible for the taxpayers of the City of New York it’s irresponsible for the Senate not to be able to come to a conclusion and do their jobs. They are not functioning; they are not doing the jobs the taxpayers sent them here to do.”

News to you, Marty: you’re a member of that body. More than 40% of the households in your district have no cars. More than half of your constituents depend on transit. (PDF) If you got together ten of your fellow Republican senators (like maybe Senator Padavan from Queens, Lanza from Staten Island, Fuschillo, Skelos, Owen Johnson, Hannon and LaValle from Long Island, Morahan from Rockland, Larkin from Orange, and Saland from Dutchess, all of whom represent parts of the MTA district), then that’s plenty to overcome these four clowns. But I guess you’d rather play politics?

]]> By: Cap'n Transit http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/03/18/fare-hike-four-looking-out-for-number-one/comment-page-1/#comment-64797 Cap'n Transit Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:55:01 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5695#comment-64797 It was supposed to remove it from political pressure to keep the fare down, Rhywun. Nothing about the authority structure was intended to maintain service levels; it was the merger with the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority that was supposed to do that. It was supposed to remove it from political pressure to keep the fare down, Rhywun. Nothing about the authority structure was intended to maintain service levels; it was the merger with the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority that was supposed to do that.

]]> By: Rhywun http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/03/18/fare-hike-four-looking-out-for-number-one/comment-page-1/#comment-64791 Rhywun Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:57:54 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5695#comment-64791 Grotesque. I thought the "Authority" in "MTA" was supposed to remove it political machinations. What a joke. Grotesque.

I thought the “Authority” in “MTA” was supposed to remove it political machinations. What a joke.

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