| Andrew Saul has decided it's easier not to fight for more money from the state to avoid a costly MTA rate hike than it is to accept the status quo CW and do nothing.
And he's running for Congress?
Yesterday's Daily News quotes Saul:
I don't think it's prudent to expect, based on past dealings with Albany, that we're going to get any additional amount of money to cover the fare increase if we held it off.
Er, and those past dealings were with Gov. George Pataki...and, earth to Andrew, GP is no longer Governor. What this sounds like to me is:
Hey, I'm loaded (so loaded that I'm self-funding a Congressional campaign) and a fare increase doesn't do jack to my bottom line. AND I'm the vice chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, so I say, "Let 'em ride cake."
Who does this guy want to represent again? The commuters who live in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Counties?
If elected to Congress, I guess we'd see this kind of "representation" in Washington...where he won't fight for federal dollars for the 19th District. After all, it's easier to accept the status quo than it is to fight for your constituents. |
