Reply #113: I knew I'd get at least one snitty response

[npincus]

thanks for not letting me down.

MTA employees are not coal miners, and buses and subways are not silver coaches riding the gentry of Hoboken to white collar pleasantries. Simply ridiculous. Telling elderly and disabled people to "call Gov. Pataki" if they don't like the fact their nurses can't get to them, or their 'meals on wheels' have no wheels, is about as cold and uncaring as is imaginable. I suppose you do not know anyone in that condition. You might as well tell the most weak and vulnerable among us to "drop dead".

As for Hoboken, you really don't know what you are talking about. It is a middle class community that has, in the 10 years I've been here, become choked with tacky, high-priced condos and a booming real estate market, attracting a new, affluent population that can afford the over-priced housing. But they are not the majority of residents by any means. My daughter goes to public school, we and the people we know are not wealthy, just hard-working people supporting families and paying rent or mortgages like everyone else. I am not sure why you would have contempt for anyone here, particularly those who hire babysitters because they need a second income--there are NOT ENOUGH daycare facilities in this town to meed demand and people have no alternative.

I would like the MTA workers to get what they deserve, but ALL parties should have continued negotiations until a settlement was reached. Innocent people will lose jobs because of the economic impact, and in the case of an ambulance or fire truck getting stuck in the parking lot on Third Avenue, someone could even die. Inexcusable.

I won't get in a pissing match. You are entitled to your opinion, as I am.