[PRCo] Re: ({[pat]}__service__cuts__2007.01.23

[Herb Brannon]

I know it not just PATransit................its just about all of them. A bunch of self-centered numbskulls getting a free ride on the taxpayers hard earned (and easy spent) money. 
John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com> wrote:  


It's not just PAT.




>From: Herb Brannon 
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>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: ({[pat]}__service__cuts__2007.01.23
>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:49:26 -0700 (PDT)
>
>In reading the Post Gazette article it just confirms what I always say 
>about todays transit managers; they are full of themselves. Or as the Post 
>Gazette put it, they are "self indulgent." A very good choice of words by 
>the Post Gazette.
>John Swindler wrote:
>
>There are two PAT pension plans. The one for union employees is in good
>shape. It's the management pension fund that is underfunded. Over past 6-7
>years, management instituted some extremely generous provisions for their
>own benefit. These benefits would have been approved by the PAT board which
>is appointed by the Allegheny County commissioners.
>
>But it is not politically correct to mention this.
>


Herb Brannon