[PRCo] Re: Port Authority

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Sat, 7 Jun 2008, Phillip Clark Campbell wrote:

> Thank You for this source of info on Mr.Cox Mr.Schneider.  I was aware 
> of him I but never took the time to learn more; I just knew that transit 
> advocates strongly disliked him didn't I.  While reading the article 
> http://tinyurl.com/5f5hus I personally noted that he wanted maximum 
> return for the buck re:transit didn't he.  Your reference to Cox says 
> the same identical thing:  "Cox believes that the goal of public 
> transportation systems should be to obtain maximum value for every 
> dollar of taxes and fees expended..."  It goes on to say:  "He calls 
> public transportation a welfare service that does a "good job of getting 
> people downtown and serving the low-income poor moving around the core, 
> but it can't do any more than that"."  Comments like this can be found 
> in the list archives here can't they.

He proposes to buy everyone a car. He doesn't propose where the fuel 
should come from, or how to make blind, old or young people magically able 
to drive.

He's a one trick pony though. No new argument which addresses this stuff 
has been forthcoming.

I stand by my "worthless" comment.