New Yorker Tries to Throw Shoe at MTA CEO Over Fare Hikes

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Call Iraqi television reporter Muntadar al-Zaidi a trend setter. Just days after the disgruntled reporter made international headlines after throwing his shoes at President Bush at a press conference in Iraq, another shoe attack nearly unraveled at a MTA board meeting in Midtown Wednesday.

This time around it involved Metropolitan Transit Authority CEO Elliot Saunders and subway rider Stephen Millies. At the meeting, where the MTA approved a 2009 budget that ultimately would raise bus and subway fares in New York, Millies lashed out at the board saying the budget should be tossed in the garbage can.

After calling the MTA "a collection agency for the biggest banks and insurance companies," the fervent subway rider surveyed the crowded room and asked "And more thing, where is Elliot Saunders?" Millies then reached for his shoe attempting to throw it.

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Source:http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/65755-...ver-fare-hikes

Same Shit happens everyday.....

Wow whose the shoe thrower and whose the " Bush " now lol ^^ Epicly fails .. Stupid people trying to gain " fame " on television lol

This is so Horrible i use the trains Every day !!

I know I use it to go to the city every weekend and to get to school when im lazy

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Originally Posted by blyddlyl

Wow whose the shoe thrower and whose the " Bush " now lol ^^ Epicly fails .. Stupid people trying to gain " fame " on television lol

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You see if you lived here you would know, They promised alot of fixes and there never done but they keep adding to the metro fare. Its been like $2.00 for the last 30 years but now its going to be raised alot. This shoe is worth throwing

Wtf is PIX tv?

But anyway could you explain about the cards?
Unlimited?

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Originally Posted by Ambrosiax

Wtf is PIX tv?

But anyway could you explain about the cards?
Unlimited?

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Obviously you know new york runs a subway transportation for the last 150 years? You have to use these metrocards to swipe to actually get in and ride on the subway. These fares are $2.00 a swipe and now that there raising the fare people are complaining.

Pix TV- CWB 11 newst at 10 duno why they changed it =S

I lol'ed so hard, THIS SHOE IS FOR YOU!!!

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Originally Posted by Wilsongb10

Obviously you know new york runs a subway transportation for the last 150 years? You have to use these metrocards to swipe to actually get in and ride on the subway. These fares are $2.00 a swipe and now that there raising the fare people are complaining.

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I mean its not like a bus where you can stop like every 2 miles right? So why are subways so high?
I ride the bus Mon-Friday to get to school and the fare is 1.25, it used to be a dollar though.
It isn't fare though 2.00 is too high for people who need to ride back and forth.
I know how hard it was just to scape up 1.25 for a few weeks o.O

he wants to be famous
or the media concentrated on this event

I paid 200$ for my shoes, I'd rather not throw my money at them.
Good trend though...it appears that all politicians will have to go through matrix-like dodge training.

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Originally Posted by Ambrosiax

I mean its not like a bus where you can stop like every 2 miles right? So why are subways so high?
I ride the bus Mon-Friday to get to school and the fare is 1.25, it used to be a dollar though.
It isn't fare though 2.00 is too high for people who need to ride back and forth.
I know how hard it was just to scape up 1.25 for a few weeks o.O

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MTA is a company that provides the subways and in New York we also have MTA public buses that we can also use these metrocards to swipe. They are also $2.00 a swipe

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Originally Posted by wounded

I paid 200$ for my shoes, I'd rather not throw my money at them.
Good trend though...it appears that all politicians will have to go through matrix-like dodge training.

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I'm sure Bush is looking for a new job :p

As for $2 to go anywhere in a city? That's incredibly cheap...

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Originally Posted by GiantRobert

I'm sure Bush is looking for a new job :p

As for $2 to go anywhere in a city? That's incredibly cheap...

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Yup it may sound cheap but dont forget, You travel in and out so the total amount spend a day is $4. Your not going to buy a metrocard everyday so you have to keep putting money in.

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Originally Posted by Wilsongb10

Yup it may sound cheap but dont forget, You travel in and out so the total amount spend a day is $4. Your not going to buy a metrocard everyday so you have to keep putting money in.

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It's $2.75 in Toronto, Canada...and well worth it.
Most people buy the $109 monthly pass, and use it whenever however they want (and it can be shared, since t here is no photoid).

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Originally Posted by Wilsongb10

Yup it may sound cheap but dont forget, You travel in and out so the total amount spend a day is $4. Your not going to buy a metrocard everyday so you have to keep putting money in.

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My local bus charges ~

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Originally Posted by wounded

I paid 200$ for my shoes, I'd rather not throw my money at them.

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Instead of throwing a $100 shoe could you just make a paper plane out of a hundred dollar bill? It would look so much cooler.