TO PUT EVERYTHING ON TRACK FOR
YOU.
HI, JOHN.
WELL SHEREE THE COUNCIL MAJORITY
THOUGHT THAT THE FREERIDE IDEA
WAS ALL SET.
BUT THEN THE MAYOR TODAY THREW A
WRENCH IN THE WORKS SAYING KEEP
THE FARES BUT USE THE MONEY TO
FIGHT CRIME.
THE STREETCAR SAUGUS SIMPLY
CANNOT SHED ITS DOLLAR SIGN
STIGMA THOSE WHO HATED HAVE
RAILED HOW IT’S A ROLLING WASTE
OF TAXPAYER MONEY SUPPORTERS
EMBRACE IT AS AN ECONOMIC
GENERATOR.
THAT’S FUN TO DO.
SIDELINED BY THE PANDEMIC FOUR
MONTHS.
IT STARTS CARRYING PASSENGERS
AGAIN AT 8:00 WEDNESDAY MORNING,
BUT IT’S UNCLEAR.
IF RIDERS WILL STILL HAVE TO PAY
A FARE.
YEAH CITY COUNCIL THINKS THE
HIGHEST PRIORITY IN THE CITY
RIGHT NOW IS MAKING A STREETCAR
FREE.
SO THEY’VE CALLED A SPECIAL
SSSION.
I BELIEVE THAT THE HIGHEST
PRIORITY IS REDUCING GUN
VIOLENCE, AND I THINK IT’S
EMBARRASSING FRANKLY.
THE MAYOR HAS NEVER COZIED UP TO
THE STREETCAR AND IN A PANDEMIC
YEAR THAT’S ON TRACK TO BREAK
RECORDS RECORDS FOR HOMICIDES
AND SHOOTINGS.
HE SAYS EDUCATING THE FARE BOX
TO FIGHTING CRIME MAKES SENSE
CRITICS HAVE DIFFERENT WORDS FOR
COCKAMAMIE HAREBRAINED IDEAS
THAT ARE QUITE FRANKLY MALARKEY
IS SOME WOULD SAY GARY BLAUMAN
IS A TRANSIT ADVOCATE AND A
FORMER POLICE OFFICER WHO SAYS
THE STREETCAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN
FREED FROM THE GET-GO.
WE HAVE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES OUR
RESTAURANTS HANGING BY A THREAD
RIDERSHIP HAS BEEN RATHER
THREADBARE EVEN BEFORE
CORONAVIRUS LEFT THE SYSTEM ON A
PASSENGER TRACK NOW.
IT’S STREETCAR SHOWDOWN TIME
ONCE AGAIN.
TUESDAY AT 2 MIN BUSES AREN’T
FREE SOME AT CITY HALL SEE
STREETCAR AND SAFETY AS SEPARATE
ISSUES.
THIS IS INSANE.
I THINK IT’S NORMALLY A DOLLAR
TO RIDE.
THERE’S NO CHARGE FOR ANOTHER
YEAR OF CONTROVERSY AND IT’S
TURNED 2801 PLUM STREET INTO AN
ABSOLUTE CIRCUS IN A JOKE.
WELL, HERE’S THE PUNCHLINE.
BUT THERE ARE ENOUGH VOTES FOR
THE FREERIDE IDEA AND TO
OVERRIDE THE VETO IF THERE IS
ONE BUT IT MIGHT EXTEND THAT
STREETCAR MONEY BATTLE FOR
ANOTHER WEEK PUTTING LIV
