By: Diane Benjamin
This won’t be the only story from the Normal Town Council meeting last night.
How did employees get to Diamond Star? How did they get to Mitsubishi? Neither had bus service. Who wants bus service now? How many of those buses will be empty for the low low price of $1,000,000?
General Manager David Braun: (18 seconds)
In this clip Braun claims they haven’t seen more riders on the buses due to high gas prices. The industry is looking forward to $5 gas, they think that is the breaking point: (19 seconds)
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Connect Transit will pour $1 Million into a route for Rivian but they won’t give service to trailer parks and public housing in SW Bloomington. I guess that tells you the clientele Connect values more.
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They are working on a plan for trailer parks, it won’t be until next year though and they don’t know which ones. The people that actually need service have to wait.
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Rivian previously paid Timi’s Tours to bus their employees in from various hotels. Rivian should be paying for this Connect Transit Service. Why should the hardworking taxpayers of BN pay for this???
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Why is a private business entitled to taxpayer funds to get their people to work? Government has no business in any private business…ever! NEVER…EVER.
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It’s interesting how he thinks that $5 for gasoline people will start making other choices. Really? When was the last time gas was $5/gallon? NEVER
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We’re talking recession by then including layoffs. People won’t need to get to work.
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We are also talking about a nation of VAIDs patients sooner than anyone can imagine. They will not have enough workers to make anything. Is anyone wondering why vaccinated folks get Covid and then get it again? Here is the reason:
Israel: Chronic Covid Persists in Guts and Immune CD8 Cells, like AIDS
https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/israel-chronic-covid-persists-in?s=r
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Rivian should contract with Connect to run the shuttle buses from the remote lots. Also, couldnt First student have a partnership with connect when they are short of drivers?
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Connect is short too!
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