Dale Hemmerdinger, 3-time winner of Public Official with Funniest Name Award

by Tibi Z. Singer

Gov. Eliot Spitzer abruptly announced yesterday that he was shelving a plan to raise the base subway fare, saying that an unexpected increase in ridership and other revenues have made it unnecessary. This coincided with a statement from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Speaker we received today:

“Governor Spitzer and I, along with my Assembly Majority colleagues from the metropolitan area, agree that the $2 fare should be saved. The Governor this morning also acknowledged something that I have been saying all along – that there is a need for additional state resources for the MTA. I will continue to fight for those additional resources, so that there is no added burden on straphangers.”

In a November 19 letter to MTA Chairman Dale Hemmerdinger, Silver urged the MTA “not to take action so that New York’s elected representatives can determine if our straphangers can be spared the burden of additional transportation costs.”

Over here on the web we think the buses and subways should be free and the costs born by flash animation, but who listens to bloggers nowadays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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