There was a Bryan Smith sighting yesterday. The former blogger of Sanity in Mad City (in hiatus) was spotted attempting “civil dialog” with a Madison Liberal. As of this evening Bryan has not yet been called a “Nazi” but it’s clear that dealing with Madison Democrats has his adrenaline pumped. The real news is that Bryan let the following comment slip out:
“if they knock down the village bar, that's the last straw. I'm running for city council :). # posted by Bryan Smith: Wed Jun 15, 03:25:55 PM”I am officially starting the rumor that Bryan Smith is running for the Madison City Council with hopes of one day soon going head to head with Oil Addict and Madison Alderman Lyin' Austin King. Maybe sometime in the near future the two will get into official discussions on subjects like Raising Madison Bus Fares. I can envision Mayor Dave Cieslewicz sitting passively while the conversation between King and Smith goes like something like this:
Bryan: Madison Metro is coming up about $421,000 short this year, and we can no longer depend on State and Federal tax dollars to bail out a system that costs Madison more to operate than it earns in passenger fares.
Austin: Are you logrolling me? Are you trying to get me to trade my vote for a vote on your capitalist spending plan?
Bryan: Calm down Austin. All I’m saying is that the busses are packed on the morning and evening commutes into central Madison, but our deep discounting of bundled fares for the UW-Madison and State of Wisconsin workers aren’t covering our expenses. The fact that ridership is very high at these two times demonstrates there is a market for mass transportation at these specific times. Perhaps that market could be contracted to licensed and regulated private bus companies.
Austin: What about social justice? Where is the Social Justice in charging poor people to ride to work? You are trying to keep the poor from working!
Bryan: Mayor Dave! Can’t you make Austin shut up? This is insane.
