LOL Bart surplus

goes into funding the BART director's pet projects so James Fang could get his stupid 3% fare rollback. And 50 cars will get a "deep cleaning" bet you the 50 cars getting deep cleaned will only be the ones with the slanted noses....

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/28/BA0C1E56RV.DTL&tsp=1

A list below of the pet projects the surplus is getting funneled into:

Director Lynette Sweet, who initially opposed the fare rollback, got benefits for five part-time car cleaners - all members of the Service Employee International Union, whose support Sweet is seeking in her upcoming run for San Francisco supervisor.

Director Bob Franklin got $75,000 for TV monitors that would be installed in cafes so BART patrons can see train information while sipping their lattes. He also got $100,000 for an awards program for station agents.

Board member and security buff John McPartland got $150,000 for his plan to expand BART's new emergency command post into a regional nerve center for major disasters. Never mind that Alameda County - where the district's headquarters are located - already has a state-of-the-art communications center, as does every other Bay Area county.

Director Carole Ward Allen got $200,000 to temporarily stave off paratransit fee hikes.