The excuses I heard on MPR were 1) they were one time savings and 2) there would be a 5-10% drop in ridership that would require an aggressive marketing campaign. It doesn't add up for me.
Jason Stone Diamond Lake --- Mark Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As has been widely reported, Met Council saves $220,000 per weekday the > buses don't run. Today was weekday #21. Multiply 21 x $220,000 and you get > $4.6 million. A week from today, it'll be up to $5.7 million. > > Why aren't these savings being put on the table in order to help reach a > settlement? That strategy was used successfully in 2001 by Gov. Ventura to > resolve the state employee strike after only two weeks. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
