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From: Ed Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Nov 24, 2004 3:17 PM
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Subject: [phillyblocks] A Letter from Pasquale Dean, Chairman of the SEPTA BoardA Message >From Pasquale T. Deon, Sr SEPTA Board Chair November 23, 2004 As the Chair of the SEPTA Board, I would like to express my deepest appreciation for your extraordinary efforts over the last several months in support of SEPTA and public transportation in Pennsylvania. It was our sincere hope that this session of the General Assembly would yield long term dedicated funding for all of Pennsylvania’s transit agencies. Unfortunately, the legislature recessed on November 21 before considering the mass transit funding issue. There is still one final hope – although legislators are not scheduled to reconvene, the sine die session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly does not end until November 30<sup>th.</sup> You can still call on your legislators to return to Harrisburg to resolve this dire funding issue before that November 30 A special meeting of the SEPTA Board is scheduled for December 2, 2004 to formally adopt a final contingency plan consisting of massive service reductions, fare increases and Authority wide layoffs to resolve SEPTA’s $62 million operating budget shortfall for fiscal year 2005. These actions would take effect from January 1, 2005 through January 23, 2005. Your support and influence have been instrumental in bringing dedicated funding for Pennsylvania transit to the forefront. If we are unsuccessful in our call for the General Assembly to reconvene this session, we shall all have to begin again next year. Sincerely, Pasquale T. Deon, Sr Ed Schwartz, Institute for the Study of Civic Values, 1218 Chestnut St.,<br> Rm. 702, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 215-238-1434 [EMAIL PROTECTED]<br><br> ISCV web site: http://www.iscv.org/Also Check out "Neighborhoods Online" at
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