By: Diane Benjamin
The Connect Transit Board met last night. The only mention of their electric buses was in connection to a new propaganda campaign that will be launching. (They call it marketing) Goal: You will proud of your local bus system! Part of the campaign will be wrapping all the buses – except electric ones. Only one is running so why wrap any of the 12! Too many people are signing up for Connect Mobility, it’s affecting the budget. This was discussed at the last meeting: https://blnnews.com/2023/11/29/connect-transit-wants-you-to-love-them/
Below are random things I’ve found in the FOIA request. I could show you lots of things like this but won’t. There are illegal redactions in the FOIA request, they are required to give an exemption but didn’t.
Connect will have to find an electric bus that is actually running:
12/19/23:
“Too many people are signing up for Connect Mobility, it’s affecting the budget.” What budget? They are just numbers on a page when you’re losing over $1.000.000.00 every month of taxpayer money. They do not know how to budget or live within a budget. The CT board are liars, cheats, and thieves.
Another city’s experience: https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/01/24/north-carolina-city-spends-millions-on-electric-buses-that-dont-work-n2169153?bcid=5e80d16414518ebac7799f3a73ef40bf