This week’s “Move It!” column in the Chronicle concluded with more useless filler than usual:
It’s hard to get answers to some perfectly reasonable questions.
“I was wondering,” writes Joel Santos Shepherd, “if Metro is denied federal funding to build a few of their next light rail lines, will they still continue with construction of the East End line, since they had planned to pay for that one out-of-pocket anyway?”
That a reasonable inference, but in such dire straits, Metro may re-evaluate its overall plan, compare the five planned lines against each other for costs and benefits, and rank them by priority. We asked, of course.
“Why speculate on something that likely won’t happen? Waste of brain cells,” Metro spokeswoman Raequel Roberts said. “Plus, the variations on the question are endless.”
It’s always nice when public representatives blow off legitimate questions from the public about the organization they represent.
One Chron.com commenter did have a nice response, though:
Perfect.
“Why waste the brain cells”, needs to be adopted as Metro’s Mission Statement. It is the attitude. Might as well be the logo. HAHAHA
