Straight Line of the Day: Now on the Rise in California…

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Now on the rise in California…

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  1. … the blood pressure of car owners saying “Wait. What?”

    Sacramento Public Housing Residents Just Got Free Zipcars
    Sacramento Bee 5/5/17
    http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article148948619.html

    On Friday, Sacramento launched a pilot program that put eight shared electric Kia Souls at public housing sites. Up to 300 residents can apply for on-demand access to the vehicles, with no charge for maintenance, insurance or juicing up the battery.

    The program is funded through a $1.3 million grant from the California Air Resources Board using cap-and-trade funds that businesses pay to offset their carbon emissions.

    Local leaders said it will provide green transportation options to disadvantaged areas where even simple tasks like getting groceries can be a challenge.

    “Not having a car … it can be a real strain to get places safely,” said Thomas Hall, spokesman for the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, which is running the program in partnership with car-share company Zipcar and other governmental agencies.
    [Which, I’ll wager, are receiving federal grants, so pat yourself on the back for this act of charity.]

    . . .

    There are about 2,000 people living in the Zipcar public housing sites, but Hall said the agency does not expect to run out of memberships. [No kidding, Sherlock!] He said access to the cars is limited for now to people living at the selected sites, but he hopes the program can expand.

    . . .

    Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said the cars will help people get to doctors appointments, job interviews and school.

    “It’s providing accessible transportation to low-income people using the newest, cleanest technology,” said Steinberg. “This is the definition of environmental justice.”

    [Couldn’t have summed it up better myself!]

  2. Now on the Rise in California…

    …rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, sh|t-kickers. But NOT Methodists.

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