[PRCo] Re: Heard on PBS
Joshua Dunfield
joshuad at cs.cmu.edu
Thu Mar 3 23:58:47 EST 2005
Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, John Swindler wrote:
>
> > You must be referring to Port Authority Transit, which relys on the public's
> > short memory. The answer to your question was covered in the November 27,
> > 2002 WTAE-TV's Jim Parson's report. The title is "Team 4 investigates PAT
> > spending" if anyone is interested in looking it up.
>
> http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/team4/1808462/detail.html
>
> Short summary: the stuff that they're spending? it's money.
I like how we're told that "it adds up", but we're not told what it
adds up *to*. Maybe because it wouldn't sound that impressive?
(And heaven forfend that PAT try to grease the wheels of a major
supplier...)
-j.
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