[Sustain] Board Pres Chiu Betrays Transit Promises Approves Oppressive Muni Budget

[Eric Brooks]

Hi all,

At around 12:50 pm today, during a special meeting of the Board of 
Supervisors which was held to decide whether to reject a draconian Muni 
budget that is balanced on the backs of the poor and environmentally 
conscious non-drivers; Board President David Chiu betrayed his own 
campaign promises, and Supervisor Sophie Maxwell yet again betrayed the 
many residents in her own district who depend on public services like 
mass transit for social equity. Both voted not to reject the Muni budget 
and to instead accept a transit budget which makes transit riders pay 
four times what car drivers will pay to supposedly stabilize our 
transportation funding in San Francisco. Please let supervisors Chiu and 
Maxwell know how displeased you are with their cowardly deferral to the 
Mayor's office and to higher income voters who do not want to accept 
environmentally crucial increased parking fees.

David.Chiu at sfgov.org 415-554-7450
sophie.maxwell at sfgov.org 415-554-7670

See a copy of Supervisor Chiu's election flyer with its now broken 
campaign promises attached.

peace

Eric Brooks

-- 
"I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." – Che Guevara

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