Why is Mayor Rothschild so intent on persecuting BUS RIDERS?
Casa Maria
November 19, 2014
< 1 min readWhy is Mayor Rothschild so intent on persecuting BUS RIDERS?.
< 1 min readWhy is Mayor Rothschild so intent on persecuting BUS RIDERS?.
3 min readby Brian Flagg, At yesterday’s Council meeting Mayor Rothschild could have realized that, once again, he had only one other vote for raising fares. He could have accepted the recommendation of Councilwoman Karin Uhlich and his own Transit Task Force to not raise fares, but instead embark on an aggressive marketing campaign to increase ridership, which would raise more revenues for the bus system. But he just could not do it. So, we all have to go back to the next Council meeting on December 9th to fight this battle one more time. The Mayor never misses a chance to
< 1 min readMayor and Council Mtg Tuesday Nov. 18th 2pm on Fare Increases and Route Cuts
6 min readCheck this out! College Athletes of the World, Unite By Kareem Abdul Jabbar, the greatest and most conscious Brother to ever play basketball. College Athletes of the World, Unite By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar November 12, 2014 Jacobin Life for student-athletes is no longer the quaint Americana fantasy of the homecoming bonfire and a celebration at the malt shop. It’s big business in which everyone is making money — everyone except the eighteen to twenty-one-year-old kids who every game risk permanent career-ending injuries. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at UCLA, AP Photo, When I played basketball for UCLA, I learned the hard way how
2 min readby Cesar Aguirre At Casa Maria we have been studying The Joy of the Gospel by Pope Francis and I have been lingering on some of the discussions we’ve had in our book study group on Thursdays. Last week we discussed the first three chapters of the book. Thanks to Msgr. for challenging us with his thought provoking questions. Like he said, “it’s not enough time to discuss in an hour, we need to revisit the parts that speak to us and study.” I was asked to give my thoughts on this quote, “The worship of the ancient golden calf
6 min read Here are two different analysis, one in English and one in Spanish , in this historic meeting of two of the world’s most inspiring and important leaders. POPE-MOVEMENTS Oct-28-2014 Pope urges activists to struggle against ‘structural causes’ of poverty By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis urged an international gathering of grassroots social activists to struggle against the “structural causes” of poverty and inequality, with a “revolutionary” program drawn from the Gospels. “The poor no longer wait, they seek to be protagonists, they organize, study, work, demand and, above all, practice that
2 min readBolivian President Evo Morales is greeted by Pope Francis at a gathering held at the Vatican on October 28, 2014. (Photo: Bolivian Government Palace Press) Pope Francis and President Morales coincide on need to defend rights of the marginalized. Bolivian President traveled to the Vatican today to participate in the first International Gathering of Popular Movements. The gathering was organized by the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace and brings together 200 representatives from popular organizations and movements from throughout the world. President Morales attended the gathering in his capacity as an Indigenous person and leader and centered his remarks
3 min readby Brian Flagg, Msgr. Tom Cahalane, pastor of Our Mother of Sorrows parish is coming to Casa Maria to lead a discussion on The Joy of the Gospel by Pope Francis! Thursday Nov. 6th from 12:00noon to 1:00pm. All are invited – Chimichangas will be served. We don’t know anyone as fired up as Tom is about The Joy of The Gospel! The Holy Father doesn’t mince words or water down the truth. We know that Msgr. Tom will act the same as the Holy Father. Check out #53 in The Joy of the Gospel, entitled No TO AN ECONOMY
2 min readby Jimmy Ojeda, I have been attending the Transit Task Force (TTF) meetings for over two years now. This task force is formed by representatives of all the City Council Offices and Citizen Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC). City staff is also present, including Sun-Tran Administration. Yesterday, for the first time, I thought this group of people that “represent” bus riders and all stakeholders, was actually moving in the right direction. For several years it has been a constant battle between the Bus Riders Union and the city bureaucrats not to increase the bus fares. For this reason, the City Council
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