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Old 11-03-2021, 08:33 AM
 
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How could anyone think free rides on the T would ever be possible. Wow. I’m guessing that doesn’t include commuter rail either.
I think we're already 3/4 of the way there.
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Old 11-03-2021, 08:36 AM
 
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Little did they know the only relief will be them being relieved OF their pocketbooks.

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People are VERY desperate for any relief to their pocketbooks in Boston. They do not care so long as your trying. Annissa was evidently unwilling to try ....and people generally don't appreciate what seemed to be her lack of ambition fearing it would be a lack of effort.
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Old 11-03-2021, 08:39 AM
 
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Potentially sexist comment coming in...

Michelle Wu also looks like a legit model- not discussed at all, but a real advantage. Not that AEG is ugly, she's not. But Wu is gorgeous- who wouldn't want to look at her for 4 more years?
Model might be pushing but yes she's quite attractive. Certainly easier on the eyes than Walsh.

She kind of seems too perfect though. I mean beautiful Harvard grad lawyer who has had her own business, seemingly good marriage with 2 kids (vs an alcoholic who'd been shot in a bar and barely finished college and his girlfriends family was a mess). She must have had a one night stand or two back in the day that I want to hear about lol.

But that is also where sexism comes in. If Walsh had been a woman he never would have won with his history. Women have to be perfect or they lose.
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Old 11-03-2021, 08:40 AM
 
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I think we're already 3/4 of the way there.
how?
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Old 11-03-2021, 08:44 AM
 
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Model? Maybe it's just the lighting or angle but she looks like a poorly aged, overworked 40 year old perpetual postdoc to me in most of her photos.

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Model might be pushing but yes she's quite attractive. Certainly easier on the eyes than Walsh.

She kind of seems too perfect though. I mean beautiful Harvard grad lawyer who has had her own business, seemingly good marriage with 2 kids (vs an alcoholic who'd been shot in a bar and barely finished college and his girlfriends family was a mess). She must have had a one night stand or two back in the day that I want to hear about lol.

But that is also where sexism comes in. If Walsh had been a woman he never would have won with his history. Women have to be perfect or they lose.
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Old 11-03-2021, 08:47 AM
 
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how?
Because fares only cover a small amount of the MBTA's operating budget currently. I believe its less than one third
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Old 11-03-2021, 08:48 AM
 
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Model? Maybe it's just the lighting or angle but she looks like a poorly aged, overworked 40 year old perpetual postdoc to me in most of her photos.
Oh come on. I can't say I'm surprised that youd have unrealistic expectations of how a woman should be aging though. She doesn't look poorly aged to me:

https://iop.harvard.edu/get-involved...elle-wu-boston

That might be an older picture.
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Old 11-03-2021, 08:48 AM
 
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I am hopeful for the future and I like to see big ideas being thrown around. Let see what actions are taken. Why is everybody griping about the free MBTA? jesus. The MBTA has been failing since i have been alive. Every year. they take more money they give less service. If saying it is going to be free sounds like such a far stretch...well maybe it should. Someone needs to shakje those f**kers up. They owe Bostonians something at this point. Even if it rattles them up thats enough for me. The fact that nobody else wants to touch that union is enough for me to have faith that at least SOMETHING might happen
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Old 11-03-2021, 08:49 AM
 
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Because fares only cover a small amount of the MBTA's operating budget currently. I believe its less than one third
Ok well tell that to someone paying $200-$300 for a commuter rail pass. The T is never going to be free for all. I dont know what Wu's plans are but something tells me it's not going to be fair or free for all.
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Old 11-03-2021, 08:51 AM
 
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I am hopeful for the future and I like to see big ideas being thrown around. Let see what actions are taken. Why is everybody griping about the free MBTA? jesus. The MBTA has been failing since i have been alive. Every year. they take more money they give less service. If saying it is going to be free sounds like such a far stretch...well maybe it should. Someone needs to shakje those f**kers up. They owe Bostonians something at this point. Even if it rattles them up thats enough for me. The fact that nobody else wants to touch that union is enough for me to have faith that at lease SOMETHING might happen
I don't think that's the point. The issue is how would the T operate if people aren't paying for it. People have been paying it for years and it's crap. Suddenly it will be operate better if it's free?
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