Once again - simplistic political rhetoric.

If it weren't such a serious issue, I would chuckle at the myopic view of Dow Constantine and his chest beating about causing wrap advertising on buses to go away.

I am not a politician. I deal in the for-profit world.

Therefore, I will address points Dow neglected to cover, and refuses to answer to the public.

- The bus wraps brought in nearly $1 Million dollars last year.

- How is this amount of money going to be replaced?

- The wraps were on less than 5 percent of buses.

- The buses were wrapped and the routes were rotated.

- Riders that complained are on a subsidized system.

Kill the program? How about increase the program to 10 percent of buses?

Of those riders that complained, they had less than a 5 percent chance of being on a wrapped bus. Routes were rotated so the odds of repeating were significantly less. Would those that complained just prefer we raise the fares?

Utopia is a wonderful place. Unfortunately, Metro does not have a route that goes there.

J. Betzer

Arbor Heights