Don't let Metro get it's Golden Ticket. Yes on R

I’m voting for Measure R

I don’t believe anything is going to happen in regards to service if Measure R passes. You know what I think Measure R is.? Metro’s Golden Ticket.

It’s Metro’s Golden Ticket to get out of things they promised they were going to do and they know they can’t do it (or rather won‘t do.) You know things like the Gold Line. As I have stated since last year the Gold Line will never happen, not in the way Metro said it was going to happen.

I don’t want Metro to have an easy out. Measure R not passing will give Metro that easy out. A way for them to get out of taking responsibility yet again for the failings of our horrible public transit system.

I am not a pr machine. I am not trying to write positive things. I am trying to write the truth. Pretending like Metro is a great entity, is like pretending that Santa Claus exists and that if you just write enough letters that on December 25^th your arm mortgage will become fixed.

I think Metro is a liar and if Measure R passes we can all have facts in the year following that Metro is a liar and it will be quite entertaining for me personally.

I am not sure why certain Metro advocates like playing this everything is ok game. I ride public transit everyday and there are some aspects of it that truly suck. Do people think that the truth will make the system implode? I think the truth will fix the system. Passage of Measure R will show people the truth. A failure of Measure R will keep everything the same and the truth hidden.

What do you guys think of the AIG fiasco? You know how Metro sold then leased back it’s busses and rails and now owing to AIGs economic failings Metro owes lots of money to keep public transit on the road.

I’m going to bet Metro knew about this when Measure R was getting written. I’m going to bet lots of people knew all about AIG and the money that was going to come due. When I owe large amounts of money (owing to clauses) I know and I wouldn’t think that I am more responsible than the average person. I wouldn’t think that I am more responsible than Metro. Metro has a personal librarian, a public relations department, thousands of people working for them, they’ve got a personal fan club and many resources that I don’t have. They also have lawyers and accountants.

Metro has lawyers and accountants that I bet were well aware of the clause in this AIG deal. When the government gave AIG 85 billion dollars I would think that would be a red flag to a BIG PROBLEM. Was Metro trying to keep it a secret? Did they think we wouldn’t notice when busses were twenty-four hours late instead of the usual just thirty minutes late?

We talk about irresponsible homeowners with sub prime loans and we point our finger at these people, well what about pointing a finger at Metro. Shame on Metro for this irresponsibility. Irresponsibility that will potentially effect over one million residents who take public transit in LA. Shame on them for marketing this crappy systems as an alternative. The Metro is a horrible alternative outside the lucky few who live by AND work traditional hours by a train station.

This is utterly outrageous. If Measure R fails Metro wins, because they won’t have be held accountable for not doing anything.

I think the only way we can get Metro to change is to vote for Measure R and have nothing happen.

Metro thinks we’re stupid and I for one want to call them on their bluff. Please vote with me to pass Measure R, so that we can fire Roger Snoble and all of his friends and get public transportation running by professionals who care about getting people from point A to point B.

Sadly I know Measure R won’t pass and this will be the NEW excuse Metro uses for its incompetence, even though it’s been incompetent for going on about year 20 if I’m counting correctly. All of this pro-measure R business is just a manipulative act of smoke and mirrors by politicians, bureaucrats and business people who made a lot of money in the years prior to this economic crash.

Maybe Eli Broad should have been more concerned with the company he helped create than his art collection.

Broad also is connected to Countrywide through KB Homes.

Thanks a lot “art” guy.

Enjoy the various licked clean bones Metro throws so it can get away with complete bullshit…extended hours on the weekends for one line, taking out seats for two bicycles and discounts tickets for King’s game.

by Browne Molyneux