son of the greatest generation

Well here we go again with another exciting episode of, Watch the Port Authority of Allegheny County mislead the public, starring Dan Onoratto, co-starring Steve Bland, and the special guest appearance of Nelson-Nygaard. When last we left off the storyline, the big issue was just how do we fund a transit system without a dedicated source of revenue. Alas the star of our show Danny Onoratto rode in his limo and called out to the state legislature. Please, please give us a dedicated source for transit, and I have a great idea to achieve this without pissing off anyone politically. After years of striving for a dedicated source of revenue the administration of Onoratto was rewarded with a 10% drink tax on alchoholic beverages in Allegheny County to fund his transit system. Well here we are caught up to the storyline, and once again the transit system of our metropolis is in flux. Am I missing something here? Wasn't it just recently that Steve and Dan were touting the historic savings in a newly negotiated transit contract with the evil bus drivers union? Wasn't it just recently that we right sized our transit system to adjust for the population decreases over the last quarter century? Now we get the all Knowing consulting firm from San Francisco at a small cost of 1.3 million to decrease service further. A long time ago my father told me if it smells like it, and looks like it, don't step in it. That's exactly the crap thats being fed to us, a transit overhaul that will improve service for most of us. Just who exactly are most of us anyway? Someone who lives in the inner city? and already has a transit ride every 30 seconds. The only thing I know that's a certainty in life is, if it's not there, it's not there. Let's get real MR. Onoratto, if your taking my bus ride from me and countless others it is in fact a ELIMINATION. It's not an improvement for me a tax paying citizen of this county who happened to buy his home near a transit stop. What's next Danny? no more electrical lines to my home? Maybe the water company feels i'm too far from the pumping station to serve me and they'll cut that service too. The one thing I know for sure in politics is that the candidate who raises the most money is always the one who's sold his soul to the highest bidder. Haven't you raised the most money so far of any Democrat in the Governor's race? Who is it Dan that's bought you off and stands to profit from the transit system cuts and surely other things we're not aware of ? Surely sometime in the future the ugly head of Pittsburgh transportation group ( http://www.veoliatransportation.com/index ) a subsidiary of Veolia transit will show its head as the driving force behind this so called transit devolopment plan. But those of us who live here from one generation to the next we'll still be here trying to fix the mess you've left behind as you travel down the road of political whore.