If they’re conducting a law-enforcement operation, they can go on regardless. So the only time we’d be charging them a fare is if they were just riding to get somewhere and I can’t imagine that happens very often.
Because solutions would commit him to actual housing policy that might make people unhappy with him
Was a pretty quiet birthday. My partner made an incredible apple pie for me and we played the first 6 episodes of Dispatch. Not bad. 🍽️
If your religion says you can’t do something then don’t do it. Don’t get the law to force other people to conform to your religion.
Muslims can’t drink alcohol but I’ve never heard of a Muslim going to the Supreme Court to get neighborhood bars shut down.
if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
S Tier candidate. Michael has a big heart, an unyielding work ethic, and a strong moral character. He will be a force on the RTD board.
Check him out at michaelforrtd.com
Was Faith a 12-year-old?
still thinking about the Montana knife maker who said you don't have to worry about tariffs if you buy american. and then three months later, he realized he imports swedish steel and german equipment. and even MiUSA equipment costs $100k more now because of tariffs
“everglades concentration camp” is right there, and more descriptive
It's a feature, not a bug
another thing that is quire evident is the aesthetic distaste for rowdy and strident protest and rhetoric that you see among some elite opinion-makers.
it will not be the same on the RTD board without you
I know we’re doing some significant updates this year. With the rollout of tap to pay this fall, it also won’t be a problem for most people unless they have an Eco pass.
He’s a zoomer, he posts all his content on TikTok, I assume
Yeah, there’s some equipment issues, the contractor who is managing those lines is working on fixing it
To be clear, we didn’t wave anything through last night. We approved a solicitation for a contract.
In fact, thanks to director Paglieri, we expressly removed the automatic approval that was in the original agenda item.
Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.” • The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives. • The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000. Each point represents a federal agency: • Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs. • Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs. Key Observations: • Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates. • Notable targeted agencies include: • HHS (Health & Human Services) • EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) • NIH (National Institutes of Health) • CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) • Dept. of Education • USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) • The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies. • A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size. Takeaway: The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology. Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).
The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️
'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
There's an egg shortage in the bay area due to bird flu issues, and we've tried a few times to buy eggs in the last few weeks with no luck. I went to Costco this morning right as it opened and was able to buy some. But the woman in front of me loaded her cart with *53 cases* with 2 dozen eggs each.
The RTD Board has a performance committee meeting today at 8:30 AM where we will be discussing this year‘s goals and if you would like to weigh in, I highly encourage you to attend!
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Communication is not a first world problem. At a minimum we should be able to tell people what they’re gonna experience so that they can make the choices they want to make, even if that’s just letting people know how long it’s actually gonna take so they can call a loved one.
Also, we have a performance committee meeting tomorrow at 8:30 AM where we will be discussing this year‘s goals and if you would like to weigh in, I highly encourage you to attend!
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Just sent leadership an email. Will follow up when I hear something.
That’s helpful to know, I’ll send an email now to forward it up the chain to ask why there wasn’t any signage to let people know There was a disruption before they got on the train.
Hi @fishnette.bsky.social. Sadly, a pedestrian was hit and died earlier today near Central Park Station, what in transit terms is referred to as a trespasser strike. www.cbsnews.com/amp/colorado...
A photo of a podcast interview
Very excited to have joined @getmoresmarter.com to talk RTD and the politics of public transit. Look for the episode this coming week!
Insane
Make Article I great again
One of the very cool things about this case is that the court called one of the original framers of the MT state constitution to help interpret it because our constitution is only 50 years old and Mae Nan Robinson Ellingson was 24 years old when she helped write it.
Buy the ticket, take the ride...