Re: Tickets plan wins support

["Al" <alpout@optusnet.com.au>]

"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
3AC91FA4.A48D61A6@fang.omni.com.au">news:3AC91FA4.A48D61A6@fang.omni.com.au...
> Melbourne public transport users have applauded a plan to scrap $100
> fines for fare evasion and instead make offenders buy $80 worth of
> tickets. But the radical bid was condemned by the State Opposition and
> the Public Transport Users Association, which claimed the move would do
> little to stem the swelling numbers of ticket dodgers.
>
>
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,1858409%255E2862,00.html
>
> [Why would we expect any less from the Herald-Comic?]

Bit of a contradiction isn't it: "Melbourne public transport users have
applauded" but "the radical bid was condemned by the Public Transport Users
Association".

Either someone hasn't told the users there's an association for them to join,
or the association isn't truly representing its members interests.