Recently, a portion of the article below ran in our local
newspaper.

FARE INCREASE PROPOSED FOR COAST TRANSIT!

October 05, 2008 6:00 AM
DOVER, NH — In an effort to partially offset record-high diesel prices and other rising operational expenses, a COAST fare increase is being proposed for implementation on Jan. 2, 2009.

The Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation’s base cash fare is proposed to increase from $1 to $1.50 on all bus routes and a 50-cent fare is proposed for implementation on the Pease-Portsmouth Trolley routes.

Public hearings will be held throughout COAST’s service area to solicit public input on the proposed fare increase.

COAST is the Seacoast’s publicly financed transit system.

The proposed fare increase at COAST would be consistent with similar increases taking place at public transit systems across the country in response to rapidly rising fuel costs.

In regards to the fare increase, I have mixed feelings.

Due to the skyrocketing prices of fuel, part of me supports the proposed 50 cent increase and knew it would eventually be inevitable but part of me doesn’t want to ante up unless I get what I want.

P.S. The world revolves around Tina! And I don’t happen to think of not anteing up for the increase until I get what I want as blackmail. I prefer to think of it as black female.

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

Anyhow, until the COAST does something about the god awful stench on their buses, to put it simply, I don’t want to pay the extra 50 cent fare.

To anyone who dares to ride a COAST bus on the Seacoast in New Hampshire, be prepared to bring a gas mask, paper bag or use your hand to cover your nose because it’s quite stinky!

I mean it smells like a combination of foot fungased feet mixed in with a pinch of flatulence and unwashed flesh topped off by a little cigarette smoke.

Boy, does it stink on those buses!

I mean, if I’m going to have to pay an extra 50 cent fare then the COAST needs to invest a couple of dollars in some Glade Air Fresheners or in some cheap-ass Old Spice Cologne to get rid of that stinky bus smell!

After all, it’s only fare, I mean fair!

Another P.S. I don’t know how those bus drivers can stand inhaling that stench on the COAST buses all day long!

They must be superhuman and have noses of steel or the stench has destroyed their ability to smell or something terrible like that.