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Re: AC Transit proposes to raise UCB ClassPass to full price

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From: David A. Kaye
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. 

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(c) 1995                            As of 1995, California spends more on
David Kaye                             prisons than on college education.
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Subject: Re: AC Transit proposes to raise UCB ClassPass to full price
Date: 1995/07/23
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