Message from Delegate Jolene Ivey

I think it's great how the community is pulling together!

I spoke with Betty Hewlett (on the Metro board), and she said that this was a proposal they're considering, and they have to have a hearing on every possibility of cost savings. (If they don't have a public hearing, they can't take a particular action.) She said it was unlikely that this is an action they'd actually take, but that she couldn't promise that they wouldn't. I told her we would fight it, as long as it was even a vague possibility. It seems to me that if we don't raise hell they'll be most likely to go ahead and close it on weekends, because then, why not?

My kids use the Metro on weekends, and I think it gets them in the habit of using it. When they're adults, it won't be a big deal for them to use it to commute. She said she's heard that argument from another mom, and that it makes sense to her.

I probably won't be at the rally - another week and a half left in session - but Victor and I have been working it from our end. If we all keep plugging away from our own vantage points, we have a great chance of being successful.

Thanks!
Jolene