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Article #42Re: AC Transit proposes to raise UCB ClassPass to full price
From: David A. Kaye
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 00:00
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 00:00
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John Eric Fosler wrote: : While I do think that the ClassPass prices should probably be raised : slightly to parallel the increase in bus fares as of May 1995, raising : the price to full fare eliminates any incentive to buy the pass. It's : cheaper to buy the bus tickets for most purposes, and tickets don't go : bad. Maybe that's what AC wants you to do? AC Transit is on the brink of financial collapse, largely because it is supported by PROPERTY TAXES. (AC Transit is a government assessment district in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.) In 1978 Proposition 13 limited the amount of money counties could collect in property taxes. This has caused nearly every governmental cutback you have seen. Rather than protest the AC Transit pass fare hike, your time would be better spent trying to overturn Prop 13. -- (c) 1995 As of 1995, California spends more on David Kaye prisons than on college education.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f7b1c,8eadc8bac30fad73,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf7b1c,public X-Google-Thread: fda8b,8eadc8bac30fad73,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfda8b,public X-Google-Thread: f824f,8eadc8bac30fad73,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf824f,public X-Google-Thread: 114544,8eadc8bac30fad73,start X-Google-Attributes: gid114544,public X-Google-Thread: 1017ec,8eadc8bac30fad73,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1017ec,public From: dk@crl.com (David A. Kaye) Subject: Re: AC Transit proposes to raise UCB ClassPass to full price Date: 1995/07/23 Message-ID: <3uvf87$98c@crl8.crl.com> X-Deja-AN: 106784577 distribution: ba references: <3ujhtq$qq5@agate.berkeley.edu> followup-to: ucb.general,ucb.cs.grads,ucb.grads,ucb.cs.undergrads,ba.general organization: Republic of San Francisco newsgroups: ucb.general,ucb.cs.grads,ucb.grads,ucb.cs.undergrads,ba.general