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SPECIAL BUS RIDER UNION MEETING

Wednesday June 15 at 5:30 p.m. Armory Park Senior Center (225 S. 5th Avenue) Bring your CREATIVITY to this meeting! The City Manager and City Council are hell-bent on raising bus fares. To balance their budget they are taking money from even the Cops and Fire … so they want sacrifices from Transit too. ButContinue reading “SPECIAL BUS RIDER UNION MEETING”

MY PILGRIMAGE TO SEE LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE IN MEXICO CITY

by Brian Flagg It was extremely profound. A main reason was that I had the privilege of doing this with the Guadalupanas from my parish, Santa Cruz. They are an incredibly spiritual group of women with a deep devotion to the Virgen and they are a lot of fun too! We spent two nights inContinue reading “MY PILGRIMAGE TO SEE LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE IN MEXICO CITY”

A Modest Proposal from the Bus Rider Union?

Yo bus riders, supporters of bus riders, and any other warm and breathing parties interested in transit justice: What do you think of this as a possible Tucson Bus Rider Union proposal to solve the City’s budget woes in regard to transit? They are taking $11 million from the cops, $4 million from Fire, andContinue reading “A Modest Proposal from the Bus Rider Union?”

THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THE BIG BUS RIDERS UNION PARTY AT CITY HALL, YESTERDAY, MAY 17th // GRACIAS A TODOS LOS QUE ASISTIERON A LA FIESTA DE LA UNION DE PASAJEROS DEL CAMIÓN EN EL CITY HALL, AYER, 17 DE MAYO

Special thanks to Msgr. Tom Cahalane, Dan Linhart from the Teamsters, Fred Yamashita from Pima Area Labor Federation and Dan Beckman from Rising Tide. Also, thanks to Council Members Karin Uhlich and Paul Cunningham for joining us at the party. This was a small victory in the war for transit justice! The result: the CityContinue reading “THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THE BIG BUS RIDERS UNION PARTY AT CITY HALL, YESTERDAY, MAY 17th // GRACIAS A TODOS LOS QUE ASISTIERON A LA FIESTA DE LA UNION DE PASAJEROS DEL CAMIÓN EN EL CITY HALL, AYER, 17 DE MAYO”

ATTENTION-BUS RIDERS AND SUPPORTERS OF PUBLIC TRANSIT // ATENCION-Pasajeros del camión y partidarios del Transito Publico

Call the City Council today (especially Uhlich, Romero and Cunningham) and tell them: DO NOT RAISE BUS FARES!!! And Please attend the Bus Rider rally/party on Tuesday, May 17 at 5 pm at City Hall. The birria, rice and beans will be delicious! In addition to bus riders, speakers will be: Msgr Tom Cahalane, Pastor,Continue reading “ATTENTION-BUS RIDERS AND SUPPORTERS OF PUBLIC TRANSIT // ATENCION-Pasajeros del camión y partidarios del Transito Publico”

Increase Ridership Not Fares // Aumentando los Pasajeros no las Tarifas

By Sarah Launius, PhD Candidate at the School of Geography and Development at the UA On May 17 at 5:30pm Tucson’s Mayor and Council will review bus fare increases to get $440,000 additional dollars from the transit budget. It’s not a lot of money for the City of Tucson; heck the Star reported last fallContinue reading “Increase Ridership Not Fares // Aumentando los Pasajeros no las Tarifas”

FAKE PUBLIC INPUT by Maria Cadaxa

Maria Cadaxa, originally from Brazil, is a retired midwife and a Bus Rider Union member since the beginning of the BRU! “So sorry! Couldn’t make last night’s city council meeting. I was simply too tired after a long day. But I did go to the Sun Tran public meeting at the main library, and got someContinue reading “FAKE PUBLIC INPUT by Maria Cadaxa”

ZAIRA TOVAR MADE THE HONOR ROLL AT SAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL!

These are pictures of Zaira with her mom, her bro Pancho Paz and School Board members Adelita Grijalva and Emiliano Juarez. She volunteers here at Casa Maria with her mom La Morenita, Amalia Tovar! May she go on to graduate from Tucson High, the U of A, and then return to light up our barrio!Continue reading “ZAIRA TOVAR MADE THE HONOR ROLL AT SAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL!”