“Would you like to be quoted in a hit piece against Scott Walker?”
That was the title of an email from my GOP3 colleague Brian that I found so poignant and true that I thought it needed to be shared with you, dear readers. From a JS Online NewsWatch post earlier today:
Have county transit changes affected you?
How have you been affected by Milwaukee County Transit System fare increases and service cuts? Please contact Journal Sentinel reporter Larry Sandler at lsandler@journalsentinel.com to let him know, and please include your name and a telephone number where you can be reached.
Amazing.
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Thanks for the shoutout, Daniel.
I also emailed the assigned writer for the story, which readers might also find interesting:
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Larry,
As a student of Marquette I’ve been affected by the bus transit situation. It costs more and more to go to Marquette because the property taxes that landowners have to pay to work and live in Milwaukee that finance an ineffective and costly bus transit situation mean that I can’t have a car without hefty parking fees, whether for Marquette sponsored parking or for landlord sponsored parking. The fact that city and state leaders, with the notable exception of County Executive Scott Walker, keep relying on out-dated systems of transportation means that more money drive (sorry, bad pun intended) less efficient modes of transportation as politicians try to decide for us how to run our lives. Fewer taxes in Milwaukee (and Wisconsin, for that matter) means more opportunity for business and landowners to invest and compete in the near-Marquette community which could provide the very opportunities for less costly parking options that employment-opportunities seeking students like myself need.
I’m sure this won’t make the story your editors were asking for but I thought you might appreciate some input.
Thanks,
Brian
Hahahaha. You misspelled “slander”!
They obviously don’t have a story…so are fishing for dirt. It’s a pretty pathetic commentary on the Journal Sentinal.
Gee, Brian, I am so sorry that you have to pay a little more for your parking. Why don’t you look these people up and give them a piece of your mind.
[...] The paper is asking for people that have been hurt by the bus fair increase, you know, because we tax payers aren’t subsidizing their rides enough. Could they possibly be more blatant about their intentions? GOP3.com has a great response posted. [...]
“capper”,
I’ve been ripping apart this University since we started this blog.
Oh, now why did you go and delete the comment that provided the link to the website shooting y’all down?
That’s not nice…
Sigh, now I gotta do another post…
Actually, you’ll find Capper that anyone can click on “these people” and get directed to your blog to watch your sob stories.
Ah, OK. Ineffective, but thank you.