Comments on: MTA Doomsday Hotline: How to Reach Your State Senator

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:03:54 +0000

Sam – How about a funeral procession? All cars that are protesting the MTA could drive at 10 mph with their lights on…we could caravan around the city.

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:46:56 +0000

“We need to hit these guys where it matters.”

Then instead of fare increases, let the MTA draw down its cash reserves and shut down the system. Let the young people and businesses move away. Let the tax base collapse.

And let the state and city go bankrupt, eliminating the jobs and pensions of all the politicos and their supporters.

You live here, you are their slave. And only bankruptcy can change this, because they’ve made irrevocable promises to themselves claiming there was no cost, and now blame the cost on anyone and everyone while laughing all the way to the bank.

By: Ashcan Sam

Ashcan Sam — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:12:08 +0000

For a protest, I really like the idea of getting as many people as possible to drive on the first day of the fare hikes. It would only take a miniscule number of transit riders behind the wheel to completely throw the roads into chaos. I’d even consider using a car share car for the day if I thought enough others would participate.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:55:26 +0000

We need to hit these guys where it matters. No more free cars for state elected officials. None. Pay for your own out of your salary for your “part-time” job. Try to just get around your district for one month using mass transit. Try to get from your district to Albany by mass transit.

Make them see the everyday issues of dealing with service cuts and fare increases. Talk to folks who finally got their first minimum wage job and realize that they are working for the MTA for their first hour.

I’m not sure what a meaningful protest for this would look like, but maybe it’s really time to start laying down in front of the bridges and getting arrested.