Comments on: State Avoids Blame As Metro Prepares Service Cuts http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/05/state-avoids-blame-as-metro-prepares-service-cuts/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dana Gabbard http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/05/state-avoids-blame-as-metro-prepares-service-cuts/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Dana Gabbard Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:39:10 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/03/05/state-avoids-blame-as-metro-prepares-service-cuts/#comment-337 Thank you! Southern California Transit Advocates fought the good fight these past few years against this kind of diversion. It is frustrating that state officials extoll mass transit and talk of its role in reducing greenhouse gases while syphoning off vitally needed funded to serve short-term political purposes (better to rob transit than confront the dysfunctional state budget process). Maybe the rumored iniaitive to end diversion the California Transit Association is contemplating leading the drive to place on the ballot will end this nonsense. And by the way, despite their cries against the cuts etc. the BRU never lifted a finger to fight the robbery in Sacramento. They were asked but demurred being involved. I know, I talked to the person who talked w/them and got the runaround ("We'll get back to you"). Sad. Thank you! Southern California Transit Advocates fought the good fight these past few years against this kind of diversion. It is frustrating that state officials extoll mass transit and talk of its role in reducing greenhouse gases while syphoning off vitally needed funded to serve short-term political purposes (better to rob transit than confront the dysfunctional state budget process). Maybe the rumored iniaitive to end diversion the California Transit Association is contemplating leading the drive to place on the ballot will end this nonsense.

And by the way, despite their cries against the cuts etc. the BRU never lifted a finger to fight the robbery in Sacramento. They were asked but demurred being involved. I know, I talked to the person who talked w/them and got the runaround (“We’ll get back to you”). Sad.

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