Rescue Muni

We will be holding a General Membership meeting on July 18th, 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the SF County Fair Building’s Garden Room in Golden Gate Park (1199 9th Ave). SFMTA’s Director of Transit John Haley will be speaking about the status of TEP, what the MTA has to gain from the new TWU250-A contract that resulted from Prop G, and member Q&A.

About John Haley:

Mr Haley started with the SFMTA in early 2010, and has 30 years of experience with transportation issues, including those at the Metropolitan Transit Authority in Houston,  the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,  the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, and BART. See also: SFMTA Press release.

For the November 2nd election, Rescue Muni has endorsed:

Board of Supervisors

• District 2 – Mark Farrell
• District 4 – Carmen Chu
• District 6 – Theresa Sparks
• District 8 – Scott Wiener
• District 10 – Steve Moss

BART Board of Directors

• District 8 – Bert Hill

San Francisco Ballot Propositions

• Proposition AA (Vehicle License Fee) – YES
• Proposition G (Transit Operator Wages) – YES

Our thanks to all the candidates and members who participated in our endorsement process.

The Rescue Muni Board would like to cordially invite our members to our biannual Candidates’ Forum on Monday, September 13th, 2010 @ 6:30pm in the SF County Fair Building.

Where does your district’s candidate stand on the proposed service restoration, crime, POP, Prop AA, and Prop G? Rescue Muni members are invited to vote for their preferred candidates for endorsement – we have invited the leading candidates from districts 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 to speak and take your questions. Supervisor Elsbernd will also attend to discuss Prop G. If your membership has expired, you can renew at the meeting.

Details:

Monday, Sept 13th
Refreshments at 6:30 pm
Program PROMPTLY 7:30 pm – 9:15 pm
SF County Fair Building, Garden Club Room
9th Ave and Lincoln Way
(In the park, nearby suggested routes N, 6, 43, 44, 66, 71)

The Rescue Muni Board would like to cordially invite our members to our biannual Candidates’ Forum on Monday, September 13th, 2010 @ 6:30pm in the SF County Fair Building.

Where does your district’s candidate stand on the proposed service restoration, crime, POP, Prop AA, and Prop G? Rescue Muni members are invited to vote for their preferred candidates for endorsement – we have invited the leading candidates from districts 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 to speak and take your questions. If your membership has expired, you can renew at the meeting.

Details:

Monday, Sept 13th 6:30-9:45
SF County Fair Building, Garden Club Room
9th Ave and Lincoln Way
(In the park, nearby suggested routes N, 6, 43, 44, 66, 71)

We would like to thank everyone who was able to come out to our general membership meeting last Tuesday. We had a packed room with both our membership and TWU members coming out to listen and ask questions.

Irwin Lum and Rafael Cabrera of the TWU sat with Alexander Volberding from Eslbernd’s office and Jillian Gillette from SPUR to discuss issues and ideas about Eslbernd’s proposed amendment to the city charter. Rescue Muni chair Andrew Sullivan moderated.

There were many questions asked and each party was allowed time to let their side answer.  One of the main topics of the night was Prop A (2007), which we supported at the time. The TWU felt that the voters had already spoken when they passed the salary floor formula allowing Muni workers to automatically get paid the floor of wages based on the top two paying transit agencies in the nation, and that most drivers never saw the performance bonuses outlined in the proposition. Alex and Jillian stated that there was no way that the wage schedule put forth in Prop A would be sustainable, and that the performance bonuses and MOU should be negotiated to give riders a better value.

We also discussed not-outs, lack of equipment versus lack of drivers, concerns over if the TEP actually helps or hurts the system, Muni overtime hours and how many drivers earn over $100k versus the number of managers who do, and other sources of tax revenue.

If you couldn’t make the meeting, you can still help improve Muni! If you haven’t signed Elsbernd’s petition, signature gatherers are out on the street. You can find out where to sign over at FixMuniNow.com.

Update: SPUR has more on this in today’s Examiner.

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