You, like R. OToole, are a local representative of the Big Oil founded and funded "Cato Institute" think tank which has as one of their main propaganda priorities to criticize ELECTRIC mass transit systems.

"Financial firms now contributing generously to Cato include American Express, Chase Manhattan Bank, Chemical Bank, Citicorp/Citibank, Commonwealth Fund, Prudential Securities and Salomon Brothers. Energy conglomerates include: Chevron Companies, Exxon Company, Shell Oil Company and Tenneco Gas, as well as the American Petroleum Institute, Amoco Foundation and Atlantic Richfield Foundation. "

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=CATO_Institute