Comments on: MTA board Vice Chair Saul, skipping fare hearings, comes out against the hike http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/11/19/mta-board-vice-chair-saul-skipping-fare-hearings-comes-out-against-the-hike/ A New York City Subway Blog Thu, 24 May 2012 04:59:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways » Blog Archive » MTA fuel contracts lead to grandstanding http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/11/19/mta-board-vice-chair-saul-skipping-fare-hearings-comes-out-against-the-hike/#comment-5214 Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways » Blog Archive » MTA fuel contracts lead to grandstanding Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:06:05 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/11/19/mta-board-vice-chair-saul-skipping-fare-hearings-comes-out-against-the-hike/#comment-5214 [...] bit like quote-mining, MTA Board Member Andrew Saul, who is firmly against the fare hikes despite missing every fare hike meeting, and Assemblyman Richard Brodsky were harshly critical of the [...] [...] bit like quote-mining, MTA Board Member Andrew Saul, who is firmly against the fare hikes despite missing every fare hike meeting, and Assemblyman Richard Brodsky were harshly critical of the [...]

]]> By: Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways » Blog Archive » Spitzer speaks out - wrongly - against the fare hike http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/11/19/mta-board-vice-chair-saul-skipping-fare-hearings-comes-out-against-the-hike/#comment-4422 Second Ave. Sagas | Blogging the NYC Subways » Blog Archive » Spitzer speaks out - wrongly - against the fare hike Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:55:08 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/11/19/mta-board-vice-chair-saul-skipping-fare-hearings-comes-out-against-the-hike/#comment-4422 [...] officials. Yesterday, Andrew Saul, MTA Vice Chair and Republican Congressional hopeful, announced his politically expedient opposition to the fare hike. Today, our embattled Governor Eliot Spitzer has done the same. While this seems like a move to [...] [...] officials. Yesterday, Andrew Saul, MTA Vice Chair and Republican Congressional hopeful, announced his politically expedient opposition to the fare hike. Today, our embattled Governor Eliot Spitzer has done the same. While this seems like a move to [...]

]]> By: Marc Shepherd http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/11/19/mta-board-vice-chair-saul-skipping-fare-hearings-comes-out-against-the-hike/#comment-4285 Marc Shepherd Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:51:46 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2007/11/19/mta-board-vice-chair-saul-skipping-fare-hearings-comes-out-against-the-hike/#comment-4285 I think you've got this one nailed. Saul is running for Congress, so he is practicing what Congress does best: opposing revenue measures, while failing to offer a realistic alternative. As far as I know, Saul is a transit amateur; he was appointed to the MTA board as a political crony of Gov. Pataki, and he hasn't given it more than 15 minutes' thought since he got there. I think you’ve got this one nailed. Saul is running for Congress, so he is practicing what Congress does best: opposing revenue measures, while failing to offer a realistic alternative.

As far as I know, Saul is a transit amateur; he was appointed to the MTA board as a political crony of Gov. Pataki, and he hasn’t given it more than 15 minutes’ thought since he got there.

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