Pretty Soon, They'll Expect You To Drive The Bus Yourself...AND PAY DOUBLE FOR IT!

I'm apologizing right from the start to my readers who do not live, travel or have anything to do with New York City...you're gonna' have to be a little patient with me on this one.

So the Metro Transit Authority (MTA) has basically been running their business for shit over the last fuck load of years, and just like all of the corporate douche bags out there...you know, the ones who want to blame the economic crisis on "people getting into mortgages they can't afford" (I'm looking right at you, Rick Santelli, you pompous, irresponsible cunt)...but then turn around with their hands out acting as if they haven't spent YEARS wasting money faster than a 16-year-old with premature ejaculation problems at the Bunny Ranch with a unused black American Express Card (think about it...think about it...).  See, they've all set themselves up as being "too big to fail" but that's for another posting...

The beauty of the MTA is that...obviously...it's responsible for the public mass transit system in New York City so it's not like it can just close up shop.  So they get to be rescued time and time and time and time again.  What's different this time? They want to raise the fairs and cut services...a lot.

How big of an increase? Try 25%-30%.

What does that mean? Putting it into perspective on the level of a basic subway ride, your cost is going up from $2.00 to $2.50.  Your monthly MetroCard? Forget that $81 you were paying...it's gonna' cost you $103.

So what is the MTA doing about it? Waiting for Albany to rescue them.  What's Albany doing? Living up to its reputation of being one of the most fucked-up legislative bodies in the country...and that's a helluva' title to hold when you look at what's been in the papers over the last twelve months.  And all of this is wrapped-up in a cute little bow by our "Governor" Paterson, a man who exhibits a blindness in leadership that has nothing to do with his ability to see but everything to do with his inability to have a vision...for the state and its citizens.

So what can you do? It doesn't matter if you live, work, vacation, visit (or all of the above)...GET PISSED!  GET ANGRY! LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS OLD, CORRUPT SYSTEM HAS TO BE TAKEN OUT TO PASTURE AND PUT DOWN WITH ALL OF THE MALICE AND DISGUST THAT WE CAN MUSTER!  We voted for change in November...so let's start being that instrument for change.  Here's who you need to contact:

DEAN SKELOS (R-Nassau County)

Senate Minority Leader

516-766-8383

skelos@senate.state.ny.us

MALCOLM SMITH (D-Queens)

Senate Majority Leader

718-528-4290

masmith@senate.state.ny.us

CARL KRUGER (D-Brooklyn)

Senate Finance Committee Chairman

718-743-8610

kruger@senate.state.ny.us

SHELDON SILVER (D-Manhattan)

Assembly Speaker

212-312-1420

speaker@assembly.state.ny.us

DAVID PATERSON (Governor of New York State)

518-474-8390

To e-mail: go to www.ny.gov/governor/index.html and click on "Contact The Governor"

To find out contact information for other representatives, check out the following links:

MTA Board Members

New York State Senate

New York State Assembly

We thank you for your time, and we will return you shortly to your regularly scheduled dose of tasteless jokes, rants and overall nonsense.