Striking a Balance
Open Phones
Who Is The MTA?
and
Tom Robbins, columnist for the Village Voice
- on Peter Kalikow and the board of the MTA
» The Village Voice's strike blog
Wide of the Mark
- says Americans are stuffing themselves with myths about obesity
» Fat Politics (Oxford Press) ...
Breakthrough!
Beth Fertig, WNYC reporter
and
Andrea Bernstein, WNYC reporter
- analyze local 100's decision to go back to work
» a. m. New York
A Plea from the President
- on the President's meeting with The New York Times' publisher 10 days before the paper leaked details of a secret spy program
» "Bush’s Snoopgate" by Jonathan Alter on newsweek.com
Feedback: subway, subway, bus, subway
A sampling from our mailbag from the past several days:
Subject: New York moment
I thought it was hysterical when I went by the Marcy Avenue station
yesterday, which was blocked off with the yellow police tape. The funny
thing was, the police tape read "Crime Scene - Keep Out"... Only in
Brooklyn...
-KAH
Subject: Your show: Voice Of The People
I listen to your show almost everyday -- and enjoy it very much. However, i think your callers are quite extreme. Maybe those are the ones who have the time to call (and remain on hold for up to 30 minutes).
I did not hear anyone criticize the strike for what it is -- illegal and a humungus act of chutzpah! How can anyone think theses issues (and the issues are small) are worth paralyzing an entire city.
The union need not agree to the contract. They can continue to negotiate. But they cannot strike. They all knew that was the law when they started working for the MTA. The issue is as simple as that. To invoke Rosa Parks is an insult to the Civil Rights movement.
-A
How to Get To Lower Manhattan from Flatbush
The LL Show's Sarah English contributes this cartoon accounting of her hike from central Brooklyn to lower Manhattan:
Photo File: Bob Hennelly
Strike-tastic: WNYC's Bob Hennelly
Required Reading: December 22, 2005
Hey folks,
starting the show one hour early is having an adverse affect on my ability to get the Required Reading out on time. My apologies.
And right now (2:20 pm) it'd be obsolete already, since mediators seem to have persuaded the transit workers to get back to work ...
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