I'm still waiting for the Legal Dept to turn loose of the letter, under the Texas Public Information Act, unless METREAUX seeks another TXOAG opinion to block it, like they did last week so as to stonewall the June 25th stray current leakage report.

Even though the letter states the North line is eligible, METREAUX missed the deadline to be considered for FY2009 funding.  Who knows if METREAUX will get any significant funding for the wasteful, and likely shoddily-built project in FY2010?

As gas rises higher and higher and cities now start to scramble to improve public transportation.  We should be glad that Houston is ahead of the curve.  

Know we (Houston) are on move to the right path, With gas going up and up more and more people will let Metro take them places. Great job Houston, FTA and Metro.

David I.

Roykeaux,

        YOU STILL DON'T GET IT, DO YOU?!  When more and more and more people are forced to take mass transit because of your friends in Washington who cannot figure out a way to LOWER gas prices, you'll get it---one day in this lifetime.  It may be a challenge (even for me) but I'm willing to take some time on that challenge.

Honestly, Mr. Collins, your rants at Royko are getting to be far more annoying than his rants are.  He stales his opinions, which are an important dissent on a publicly-owned  PR forum, and  he isn't personally taking you to task like you are him.  He's entitled to unpopular his opinions as long as he's not singling people out for personal attacks on their opinions.

clue,

In my view, I have yet to RANT!!!  ;-)

I admit I present long posts from time to time, although compared to the relentless and seemingly unchallenged propaganda METREAUX is able to feed the media daily, long posts are the only way to put rebuttal into the public domain.

Look what we have here.  Someone who wants to p*%& me off.  Well---here goes=>

Clue,

     Apparently, YOU have NO "Clue" as to what people can an cannot do.  If you have a SERIOUS PROBLEM with my ranting towards certain people like Mr. Royko here, THEN BY ALL MEANS---IGNORE IT OR DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!

If it's SOOOOOOO ______ annoying to you, then why the ______ are you reading it and therefore, responding to it?  If Royko has a problem with it, then let him fight his own battles.  I'm willing to take on any battles---MYSELF!

PLEASE NOTE that there are times to where (this is a RARE comment) even I, Cedric Collins, may be proud of Mr. Royko for trying to go up against a TA from the fourth largest city in the nation with things that happened from the past.

PLEASE NOTE that I have the legal right to rant at anyone I want to about anything concerning either this topic or METRO in general (or anything that comes to mind that I want to get off my chest) and you cannot do a _______ thing about it.  Do you see me threating his life or anything of that nature beause you think I'm attacking him with what I say?  NO!  If you think yes, then PROVE IT!

PLEASE NOTE that if he has the right to make his comments---even if I have a problem with it, then I have that same exact right to do the same---even if YOU have a problem with it!

On that note, I'll continue to rave and rant until the day I die and I'm NOT going to let anybody stop me from doing so.  Rave on, Royko---and I'll rave on with ya---even if you think I'm 100% behind METRO---which unfortunately, I'm not---for obvious reason(s).

Now that I got that rant out of my way.....

Royko said:  "In my view, I have yet to RANT!!!  ;-)"

About METRO, right?  This I gotta see!  Care to beat my ranting, sir?  I double-dog dare ya!  *lol*  :-D

Mr. CoLLins,

I am humbled by your admiration of my tenacity.

I'll pass on the invitation, I suppose one vigourous rant per topic post is enough for the other readers.

Clue,

Come to think of it, I very well may have ranted a time or two, although it is likely I indicated such

eg. -----Rant Mode ON ----------

COMMENT

-------Rant Mode OFF --------

-----Rant Mode ON (continues)----------

Royko,

     No biggie but I'm not going to let anybody tell me what I can and cannot do and all this other BS.  If you can do what you want on here, so can I.  If what I see that's directed towards me and then gets me very angry to the point in which I have to rant like that, then so be it.  I'm not the type of person who takes things lightly, sweeps it under the rug and then moves on.

-------Rant Mode OFF--------

Now---back on topic=>  When can METRO get all this "moolah" to purchase more and more and more buses---the hybrid ones?  Also, is there a way to get ALL buses like the new MCI hybrids---meaning---being able to cool the bus WITHOUT running the engine?  Fuel consumption can be greatly decreased because of that.

One other thing:  METRO NEEDS MORE LIGHT RAIL TRAINS---NOW!

Because they don't make transit stuff anymore, we will not be getting NeoPods for these routes!

Ms. Sit,

Thank you for the update.  I was about to file a TXPIA request to find out whatever happened to it.

Royko said:  "Thank you for the update.  I was about to file a TXPIA request to find out whatever happened to it."

Why?  Forgot something that I may have took on that particular train?  I still say that this was a total waste of time.  I personally think people have better things to do than to worry about one doggone METRORail train.

If it was more than one bus/train---or two---or three---or more---then maybe I can agree with the question in regards to what happened but filing a TXPIA won't get you anywhere.  That just tells people that you're too impatient into wanting answers to your questions, that's all.