Crying Wolf
It seems that the same drama plays out every year.The MTA, hit by an unexpected shortfall, announces it will have to enact severe cuts, shut down train and bus lines, eliminate special services and make life hell for commuters – especially those of us in the outer boroughs.
The legislature, governor or federal authorities step in with newly discovered cash and the system is saved, perhaps with some cuts but most often without.
Every year the MTA cries “wolf,” and when the dust clears we villagers peek outside of our huts and see that there was nothing to fear.
We always fear that the wolf is at the door, and this year is no different. If indeed we grab our pitchforks to fend off the beast and find, yet again, the cries to be false, we should keep our pitchforks in hand and use them to drive the MTA boys who cried wolf out of town.
And a batch of the Albany pack with them.