I just read an article about my beloved mass transit system in Atlanta, GA. Given I currently do not have access to mass transit but drive 60 miles one way for a job, I miss MARTA. Mass transportation is smarta - take MARTA.
As I read the article, I had several thoughts.
If we had universal healthcare would operating costs be so very high?
Although it states $27/hour is the cost for cleaning MARTA, I have to wonder how many people are working each hour?
Why is the state of Georgia reluctant to spend money on MARTA when people all over benefit from MARTA?
Why has MARTA not been expanded?
Read this link for yourself. Decided if the system should be made private. I see this article as nothing more than a push for private gain at public expense.
More private gain and public pain
Black Lightning It is finally here. I do mean finally for I have been waiting for seems to be ages (1977). I am calling for a second season having only watched the first two episodes. I am not sure of the level of involvement Tony Isabella & Trevor Von Eeden in the production of each episode. The first two I enjoyed, did I say that already? The first two episodes seems to have been packed with every issue seen in mainstream media and think pieces regarding the Black community. This posting is not a think piece. It is my piss piece. Before I touch on the piss, thanks, many thanks, to Salim and Mara Akil for making it happen. Black Lighting opens with a Black parent, once again, having to bail a child out of jail for exercising his/her right of protest in the USA. We need to question why peaceful protests with no guns see protestors arrested. Please do not take I am saying people of color should have guns at protest marches. We would be shot before the
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