[PRCo] ({[pat]})__Budget

[Jim Holland]

Joshua Dunfield wrote:

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> Given that PAT is shedding operating and capital expenses as fast as 
> it can (using the capital budget for the current FY operating deficit; 
> trying to dump the Wabash Tunnel; proposing major service cuts that 
> might actually go through, since PAT and Allegheny County are saying 
> they won't even try to get more money from Harrisburg, to fill an $80M 
> deficit for next FY)...good luck.
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> (Another reason these cuts might go through is that they're marginally 
> rational. Previous years' noises about cutting all service after 7 
> p.m., or 9 p.m., or all Sunday service, seemed designed to inspire as 
> much outrage as possible. They were otherwise bizarre and irrational. 
> The current proposal would greatly reduce service to the suburbs while 
> maintaining a reasonable level of service within the city, including 
> at least marginally respectable service on Sundays. If I still lived 
> in Pittsburgh the only thing I'd be really annoyed about is the 
> planned elimination of the 28X. That, and the stupid rhetoric about 
> "right-sizing" PAT, as if pulling Pittsburgh transit down to the level 
> of, say, Buffalo is somehow desirable.)
>
> Best,
> -j.

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Very Nicely State, Joshua.       This fact has not been lost on many of 
us who feel that  ({[pat]})  was crying wolf to get what it wanted in 
the past.       But budget woes are real and eventually something has to 
happen    ----    your comments above Make Much Sense.       This might 
be the year it happens.
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How far outside Pittsburgh are you now?
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Jim