Comments on: Bus strikes, unions, and who represents the rest of us exactly? http://www.girlontheright.com/2008/12/15/bus-strikes-unions-and-who-represents-the-rest-of-us-exactly/ For girls with pearls... Since 2004 Sun, 13 May 2012 10:04:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Right Girl http://www.girlontheright.com/2008/12/15/bus-strikes-unions-and-who-represents-the-rest-of-us-exactly/comment-page-1/#comment-3826 Right Girl Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:13:28 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2421#comment-3826 As it is city council that does all the classifying we can guess as to the real agenda. One of Canada's best journalists ever, a certain Steve Madely from CFRA radio in Ottawa one morning managed to trap a city manager. He questioned him at length as to his assertion that the city needed to raise taxes to pay for increased fuel costs during Katrina. After the city manager had re stated his claim several ways so as not to be unclear, Madely showed him a contract that he had signed fixing fuel costs for the city for 5 years. In fact the city had no increased fuel costs whatsoever. After having heard the city caught in such a large lie, I tend to have a rather jaundiced eye. James Cohen for Right Girl As it is city council that does all the classifying we can guess as to the real agenda. One of Canada’s best journalists ever, a certain Steve Madely from CFRA radio in Ottawa one morning managed to trap a city manager. He questioned him at length as to his assertion that the city needed to raise taxes to pay for increased fuel costs during Katrina. After the city manager had re stated his claim several ways so as not to be unclear, Madely showed him a contract that he had signed fixing fuel costs for the city for 5 years. In fact the city had no increased fuel costs whatsoever. After having heard the city caught in such a large lie, I tend to have a rather jaundiced eye.
James Cohen for Right Girl

]]> By: C J Estrada http://www.girlontheright.com/2008/12/15/bus-strikes-unions-and-who-represents-the-rest-of-us-exactly/comment-page-1/#comment-3823 C J Estrada Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:24:46 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2421#comment-3823 Re: Allow cars to use the special multi million dollar roads that are specially built for the exclusive use of buses to rapidly move across the city. This came up last time there was a strike in Ottawa and if I recall correctly this could not be done because of legal issues arising from the status of the road, i.e. it wasn't classified as a public road or something like that. Re: Allow cars to use the special multi million dollar roads that are specially built for the exclusive use of buses to rapidly move across the city.

This came up last time there was a strike in Ottawa and if I recall correctly this could not be done because of legal issues arising from the status of the road, i.e. it wasn’t classified as a public road or something like that.

]]> By: Right Girl http://www.girlontheright.com/2008/12/15/bus-strikes-unions-and-who-represents-the-rest-of-us-exactly/comment-page-1/#comment-3818 Right Girl Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:33:01 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2421#comment-3818 Also likely true. And I bet its still illegal to drive in bus lanes during peak hours. The city is so broke that they need to raise revenue like its the old west. The Government with its union affiliations are pretty much indistinguishable from organized crime at this point. I would not be surprised to see Larry O'Brien step down soon as he has been rendered ineffective at controlling city council and the wanton waste of tax revenues. Also likely true. And I bet its still illegal to drive in bus lanes during peak hours. The city is so broke that they need to raise revenue like its the old west. The Government with its union affiliations are pretty much indistinguishable from organized crime at this point. I would not be surprised to see Larry O’Brien step down soon as he has been rendered ineffective at controlling city council and the wanton waste of tax revenues.

]]> By: Bus strikes, unions, and who represents the rest of us exactly? http://www.girlontheright.com/2008/12/15/bus-strikes-unions-and-who-represents-the-rest-of-us-exactly/comment-page-1/#comment-3816 Bus strikes, unions, and who represents the rest of us exactly? Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:11:35 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2421#comment-3816 [...] Girl On The Right [...] [...] Girl On The Right [...]

]]> By: Noel http://www.girlontheright.com/2008/12/15/bus-strikes-unions-and-who-represents-the-rest-of-us-exactly/comment-page-1/#comment-3814 Noel Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:08:25 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/?p=2421#comment-3814 I suspect the city of Ottawa is also not in a hurry to settle this, as they are saving so much on bus expenses it will offset the huge overrun on snow removal early 2008, and again now with the snow thye have been getting lately. ; ) I suspect the city of Ottawa is also not in a hurry to settle this, as they are saving so much on bus expenses it will offset the huge overrun on snow removal early 2008, and again now with the snow thye have been getting lately.
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