[PRCo] Re: Motor flashovers on PCC cars

[Fred Schneider]

Sad, isn't it?   But where else do you want your politicians?

Ed Lybarger had a wonderful expression.  It went, "Be thankful you  
don't get all the government you pay for."

On Apr 28, 2007, at 12:05 PM, Boris Cefer wrote:

> I think we are getting a little off the subject...I believe the people
> heading large transit companies do not come to carry people and  
> improve the
> service. They come to fill they pockets and then change the company  
> before
> it becomes too hot. Now I see they do not use experts to help them  
> in making
> important decisions - they use experts to put on responsibility for  
> troubles
> when these occur as a result of bad decisions. These methods have been
> recently adopted here.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 5:45 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Motor flashovers on PCC cars
>
>
>> That would imply we have a policy and that we think.  I believe,
>> Boris, you are giving too much credit.  Transit tends to be knee jerk
>> and reactionary.   It isn't policy.   It's simply that we haven't
>> spent the money to fix anything and now we're caught with our pants
>> down so we have to downgrade the equipment to provide any service at
>> all.
>>
>