tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post215896510917422388..comments2023-10-24T11:05:25.288-04:00Comments on Mark Rauterkus & Running Mates ponder current events: PAT Buses: Onorato's LAST SHOT At Political RelevanceMark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-83003813134341878622008-11-07T18:34:00.000-05:002008-11-07T18:34:00.000-05:00Obviously you don't know all the information here....Obviously you don't know all the information here. Do you know that port authority workers work every holiday...Christmas, New Years, Thanksgiving and Easter. When everyone else if off...they are not. 2nd they are being offered q 3% raise per year for 3 years starting in 2008 however with a 10% contribution to healthcare in 2010 so with this contract they are actually losing a minimum of 1%. Would you take the contract? Somehow I doubt it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-15143595354317807222008-09-14T00:28:00.000-04:002008-09-14T00:28:00.000-04:00To John K: BTW, thanks. That was very nice of you ...To John K: BTW, thanks. That was very nice of you to say.<BR/><BR/>To Mark: Dan Dan the Tax Man will ruin his only chances in Harrisburg, unless of course he remarkably and miraculously finds a way to elimate the drink tax.<BR/><BR/>BTW, he'd have to fire the port authority bus drivers to get spending under control. Again, he won't do it.Thomas Leturgeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452123582626408864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-79741832864994235342008-09-14T00:19:00.000-04:002008-09-14T00:19:00.000-04:00Oh, there aren't any "good guys" in this whole sce...Oh, there aren't any "good guys" in this whole scenerio, but it would easily be time to open things up to private competition.<BR/><BR/>Union hoods are the real problems here. As uneducated, largely unproductive members of our community, unions supple at the teet of government and do nothing but protect weak links and demand more and more luxuries. <BR/><BR/>Once the unionized drivers are fired, they can apply for the openings thar would be much more aligned with true market values.Thomas Leturgeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452123582626408864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-34301260558500302642008-09-13T10:20:00.000-04:002008-09-13T10:20:00.000-04:00A bunch of topic swirl in this post. Thanks.I'd ra...A bunch of topic swirl in this post. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>I'd rather not fire the drivers -- but fire the exec director and the entire authority framework. <BR/><BR/>Let's hope Onorato does NOT advance to the Gov job. More than hope -- let's work to insure he doesn't win.Mark Rauterkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-86575137929797049812008-09-13T08:27:00.000-04:002008-09-13T08:27:00.000-04:00John K: That was a well written piece and as clear...John K: That was a well written piece and as clear a take on the PAT situation as there ever was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com