The more jobs that we lose, the more damaging it is to the overall economy. No one should have to lose their job so that you or I are spared a tax increase that cuts across the board.

But to the rest of us, it seems strange that a cash-strapped government would raise taxes or cut education spending instead of laying off PR managers.

I wonder how your jobs can be viewed from the outside looking in.

For Shame.

Meanwhile, have you seen SEPTA’s website? Their story behind the website’s makeover (as well as other transit systems) needs to inspire improvement in the MTA’s communications dept. That, and world-class standards, which hopefully Walder can share with this agency and not assimilation.

Finally, maybe the PR team is resigned to the view that the public’s perception (and populist view taken by the media like WPIX) of the MTA will be difficult if not impossible to change, especially negative ones.