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| DATE | 2008-04-05 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Transit Taxes
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From lest-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Sat Apr 5 12:30:38 2008 Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m35GUaeX005853 for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:30:38 -0400 Received: (from majordomo-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id m35GUaUY005852 for hangout-outgoings; Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:30:36 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: majordomo set sender to lest-hangout-at-nylxs.com using -f Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m35GUT8e005847; Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:30:31 -0400 Received: (from ruben-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id m35GUTrh005846; Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:30:29 -0400 Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:30:29 -0400 From: Ruben Safir To: aaron-at-naparstek.com Cc: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Transit Taxes Message-ID: <20080405163029.GA5684-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: lest-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
I'm just dropping a note to you to tell you that the position that you've tken on streetblog.org with regard to the tolling of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges is repugnant. Have you stopped for a second to understand how badly this fragments the cities diverse community?
You want to stop unecessary driving? Turn your attention to suburban drivers.
Toll the LIE, Garnden State and Southern State and Sunrise Highways.
Demand a free subways system funded out of the general fund.
End the MTA and return the NYC transit system to NYC.
Give resident New Yorkers in all 5 boroughs exclussive street parking rights as well as bridge and tunnel rights.
And so on.
This tax targets Brooklyn and Queens leaving the make culprets of drivers into Manhattan, suburban drivers from Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, and New Jersey off the hook since they already pay the tolls.
and it does NOTHING to help the needed trucking.
Ruben
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