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	Phil's Blogservations Tuesday, September 04, 2001 Posted by philgomes 12:36 PM Dastardly, Quadrannual Bay Area Extortion Attempt Foiled: Yup...Another four years have passed and that makes it BART strike season!! Thank heavens the strike was averted with about a day to spare. I mean, I got to the point where I really couldn't take hearing the question "What're you gonna do if BART strikes?" one more time! They aren't disclosing the terms that the unions are considering, but I do know that BART was offering an 18% raise over three years. I think the unions were asking 20% over two years. I'm not going to make any value judgments here, but please realize that teachers have to beg for every half-percent raise. If they leave or decide not to work, our kids-- kids learning in the worst education system in America --get dumber. It's that simple, people. However, striking teachers do little to hurt commerce. BART unions, on the other hand, have apparently reveled in the fact that they can threaten to plaque the workaday arteries of the Bay Area and deprive 300,000 people of their speedy, emission-free commutes. I'm not faulting anyone's methods for obtaining a living wage in this stratospheric cost-of-living climate. I'm just offering my readers another perspective. HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes[[dot}]com SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. Any comments and trackbacks are the opinions of the individual writer of those comments and trackbacks, and not those of Phil Gomes, his employer, its clients, or its business partners. If you have a bone to pick, bug the people who wrote the comment or trackback.