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DESCRIPTION:We need Free MUNI for Seniors, People with Disabilities, and Youth\n\nCity 
 Hall Steps Rally and MTA Hearing\nTuesday, Dec 2\n12 PM: Rally on Polk St. 
 City Hall Steps\n1 PM: MTA Board Meeting, City Hall, Rm 400\n\nPlease come 
 to the noon rally and MTA Board meeting to demand Free MUNI for Seniors.  
 People with Disabilities, and Youth.\n\nThanks to tremendous work by Senior 
 & Disability Action, the Chinatown Community Development Center, and the 
 Free MUNI for Youth Campaign, who started the whole Free MUNI movement, the 
 MTA Board seems persuaded that Free MUNI for low- and middle-income seniors 
 and people with disabilities is a good idea. They also see ready to 
 continue Free MUNI for youth and extend it to 18-year olds.   This is a 
 good, but they need to actually pass these measures.  \n\nIt is also unfair 
 to increase cash fares for other seniors and people with disabilities, to 
 add a one-dollar surcharge for certain times and routes, and requiring the 
 more expensive BART+MUNI fast pass during rush hours.  And we need to 
 assure that MUNI improvements benefit all parts of town.\n\nAll Seniors, 
 People with Disabilities, and Youth need Free MUNI. With our limited 
 incomes, our rapidly-rising rent, food, and medical costs will be barely 
 affordable. We will still need public transit to go to food stores, to 
 doctors, to community events, and to school.  We cannot afford cars.  We 
 deserve to be able to live independently and not need to be in nursing 
 homes.  \n\nIf the overall budget is the problem, why is downtown 
 businesses not being asked to pay for MUNI bringing them their customers 
 and workers?  Why are developers not being asked to pay for MUNI increasing 
 the value of their real estate?  Why are the high-tech companies not being 
 asked to pay the hundreds of millions in taxes they would otherwise owe?  
 Surely, if the City can afford a free ride to these groups, it can afford a 
 free ride to all Seniors, People with Disabilities, and Youth.\n\nGray 
 Panthers salutes the organizers of the Free MUNI for Youth campaign, and 
 thanks them for their inspiration and help in extending it to other 
 low-income groups.\n\nWe need Free MUNI for Seniors, People with 
 Disabilities, and Youth, and we need it now.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/11/30/18764860.php
SUMMARY:We need Free MUNI for Seniors, People with Disabilities, and Youth
LOCATION:12 PM: Rally on Polk St. City Hall Steps\n1 PM: MTA Board Meeting, City 
 Hall, Rm 400
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/11/30/18764860.php
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