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Article #389Re: BRU to expand beyond L.A. County
From: David Nebenzahl
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 08:13
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 08:13
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Aaron Priven wrote: > In article <3B7A04B1.3010609@dxrectvxnternet.com>, > Silas Warner <silaswarner@dxrectvxnternet.com> wrote: > > There is a reason that the former > > Bus Riders Union in the East Bay changed its name to the Alliance > > for AC Transit: so that they wouldn't be confused with the flakes > > down south. > > Wrong, wrong, wrong. The Alliance for AC Transit was originally a > coalition of organizations that got together to support increased funds > for AC Transit. Later, the coalition started the Bus Riders Union, > intended to be a grassroots membership organization. A couple of years > later, a number of people involved in both organizations decided it was > pretty silly to have two separate organizations to do mostly the same > thing, since the Alliance had stopped being an active coalition, mostly, > and was primarily an organization of individuals. So the BRU was > absorbed into the Alliance for AC Transit and the Alliance started using > the name "Alliance for AC Transit / Bus Riders Union." Silas, you're hitting .000 lately. Don't you ever /think/ before you put your keyboard in gear? Guess I'll just have to write off whatever you say; too bad. -- August 10, 2001: The World Wildlife Fund (www.wwf.org) sues the World Wrestling Federation (www.wwf.com) over the use of the initials "WWF"-- and wins!
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