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Re: Question for the Transit workers here Re: All Transit Closing at 11 Tonight |
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Posted by Jace on Mon Jan 26 23:04:08 2015, in response to Re: Question for the Transit workers here Re: All Transit Closing at 11 Tonight, posted by Wallyhorse on Mon Jan 26 22:31:13 2015. To an extent you're right. Never mind the part about lawyers and lawsuits, to the MTA there's nothing worse than bad publicity and they got plenty of that by stranding loaded trains and buses during the 2010 storm. Some of the reaction we're seeing today is undoubedly a result. But you also have to remember how Sandy played out: Cuomo looked like a hero by standing before the storm and shutting everything down. Compare that to NJT's performance and how that reflected on Christie.From Sandy Cuomo learned that there is far more to gain politically by being proactive when a big storm is approaching than by waiting. The political risk he faced would have been that he overreacted and that by being too cautious he caused, utlimately, more economic harm than good by forcing a shutdown. That's of course not how it played out; people were safe and sound and they were grateful. That's a huge pile of fuel for the political ego. He's following the same script with this storm by being the one who makes the big, early announcement about the closures. If the storm fizzles out, then no one will complain about a snow day off but if it does build as expected, he's the hero once again. He'll keep following this playbook as long as he's in office and others will surely follow. The keys are: wait for the big storm and don't do this too often, no matter how tempting... |
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