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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Poor Bono Publico:</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; "><b><br></b></div><div> "No money" to fix the T...???</div><div> Fare hikes and "service" cuts a must??</div><b><div><b><br></b></div> $1 TRILLION DOLLARS alone, just for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...</b><div><b><br></b></div><div><b> DO THE MATH:</b></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b> Cost (just in public, taxpayer dollars) for just one month for these two wars:</b></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b> One month for 2 wars = $12 billion dollars</b></div><div><b> One week for 2 wars = $3 billion dollars</b></div><div><b> <u>One DAY for 2 wars</u> = <i> </i> $<u>430 million dollars</u> [!]</b></div><div><b><u><br></u></b></div><div><b> MBTA Annual</b></div><div><b> Operating</b></div><div><b> <u>Budget "GAP"</u> = $</b><b style="text-decoration: underline; ">160 million dollars</b><b> [!!!]</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b> *********************************************************************************</b><div><div dir="ltr"><div> <b> </b>Video of the recent Special City Council Meeting in Cambridge on MBTA fare hikes: http://www.cambridgema.gov/citywebcast.aspx [select "Feb. 22"]</div><div><br></div><div> <b><i> </i></b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">THE MBTA MEETING SCHEDULED FOR CAMBRIDGE THIS COMING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> AT 6 PM, HAS BEEN MOVED, FROM THE SENIOR CENTER (on Mass. Ave.) TO</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> THE CITY COUNCIL "CHAMBER" (on the second floor of City Hall, also on Mass. Ave., very</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"> near Central Square).</font></div><div><b><i><br></i></b></div><div><b style="font-size: small; "><i> </i></b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">NB: A<i> final version</i> of a Cambridge CDD staff "proposal" is being prepared for the regular Monday night meeting of the City Council</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> for the Council's review, and potential approval. <i>It is likely to be troubling</i>: CDD staff (who, of course, may not even ride</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> the T, in some important instances...) will probably be suggesting an MBTA fare hike of 25%. [!!!] </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> IT MAY BE IN THE FORM OF A LATE REPORT AVAILABLE (<i>to the public) </i>ONLY BY THE TIME OF THE MEETING, AT 5:30 PM.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TYPICALLY RUNS FROM SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM UNTIL 6 PM.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><b> </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><b> </b>http://www2.cambridgema.gov/cityClerk/index.cfm?meetingDate=02-27-2012&publicView=Agenda </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><i><b>MAKE THE PENTAGON BEG FOR FUNDING!!! </b><b> </b></i></font><b style="font-size: large; "> </b></div><div><br><div><div class="ecxSection1"><div><br>
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