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Re: This is What It's Like to Ride Public Transport in Garcetti's L.A.

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by: Rhino - Fri, 13 May 2022 21:51 UTC

On 2022-05-13 2:12 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>> https://vimeo.com/701346094
>>
>> We're constantly getting lectures from the 'progressive' Democrats in charge
> of this city about how we need to stop driving and start using public
> transport to 'fight climate change'. Yet this is what they allow to
> flourish
> on our subways and buses. Not only is the Metro Board (which is
> made up of the
> L.A. mayor, city council and the L.A. County Board of Supervisors)
> singularly
> uninterested in stopping the rampant assaults, rapes, and murders, but
> they're
> actively facilitating it by passing resolutions opposing police presence on
> Metro platforms and vehicles.
>>
>> Metro sent out a survey to 20,000 customers and one of the questions was,
> "What is the one thing Metro could do to make your use of Metro services
> safer
> and more pleasant?" The overwhelming answer-- 90% of respondents-- was
> "More
> cops."
>>
>> So of course the 'progressive' Democrats on the Metro Board decided in the
> face of that the best idea would be to remove cops altogether from Metro
> properties and just let the thugs rule.
>>
>> But at the same time they want me to give up my car and ride these helltrains
> instead.
>>
>
> 10 gentle:
>
???

Oh, wait a minute, you said "tangential" and your phone interpreted that
as "ten gentle"....

> A few days ago I got a survey from the Amazon asking what would make me
> more likely to shop at Amazon outlet (their damaged and returned
> merchandise arm)
>
> The first question was would I be more likely to shop there if they made my
> purchases non-returnable? WTF?
>
> Then a few questions down they asked if I would be more likely to shop
> there if they donated a portion of my money to fight global warming.
>
> I answered “hell no“ to every question.
>

--
Rhino

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