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

[John Swindler]

And folks wonder why several of us seem so cynical.

Hey, we've seen it before, and it will happen again.

John



>From: Herb Brannon <hrbran at sbcglobal.net>
>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 12:20:02 -0700 (PDT)
>
>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
>---------------------------------
>
> >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
>
>

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