Index of SPPS Budget Discussion http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/spps-posts.html _________________________________________ Striking transit workers say they are in it for the long haul:
http://startribune.com/stories/373/4675141.html There is a big problem with the "long haul" strategy: Pawlenty and House Republicans don't think they need mass transit. They think they won't pay a political price for a long bus strike. Maybe the business community can convince them otherwise. Poor people and bus riders won't wait for the "long haul". There are three ways the bus strike can end: 1. The union could surrender. 2. The business community could convince Pawlenty that the bus strike must end. 3. Angry people could resort to illegal, disruptive, and possibly violent actions. This is almost inevitable if the strike drags on. Everybody knows that this is true. I think bus riders and radicals are more likely to resort to illegal actions than union members. When the inevitable starts to happen everybody will say how shocked they are. DOH! Don't wait for the bitter end. Don't wait for the endgame to be played out months from now. BOTH SIDES SHOULD GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE, PUT THEIR CARDS ON THE TABLE AND SETTLE THE STRIKE. Bill McCarthy, President of the Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council, takes issue with a Doug Grow column and says that union members are doing a lot to help the Transit Workers: http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/4672628.html Nathaniel Hines points out that riding a bicycle in on busy, snowy streets is dangerous! Pawlenty and the CEOs are cutting everybody's benefits and destroying public services: http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/4674562.html Ed Fesler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _____________________________________________ SPPS Budget Reduction Forum - Feb. 23-27 Co-Sponsored By NEAT: http://www.stpaulneat.org/ _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
