So I have had a few emails here and there, and a couple of phone calls from people asking what’s next in the fight for fair fares. The petition’s still up and running, so if you know anyone (and I know you do) who hasn’t signed it yet, tell them you are going to kick their lily asses if they don’t.

It’s at a pathetic three hundred signatures so far (not that the signatures themselves, or the signatories are pathetic–on the contrary!–only their number). I don’t feel all that bad about it, if you want to know the truth, since MassPIRG, with its 50,000 members could only rustle up 1,500 signatures for theirs.

But I think presenting the petition (and I will only do so if we meet a minimum goal of a thousand signatures–I still have some pride left) would be a nice coda to all this hooha and stuff and nonsense over the fares in the first place.

This week saw the last of the MBTA-sponsored meetings on the topic, and the official comment period will end June 30th. If you have not written an email about the fare restructuring proposal to the T, you can do so up to the 30th (send it to fareproposal@mbta.com).

Write your representatives, too, while you’re at it, if you haven’t already. You can find them HERE.

And, as always, encourage your family, friends, and colleagues to take a minute or two out of their day (really–that’s about all all of this nonsense takes) to do it, too.

That’s all I’ve got up my sleeve. But always willing to learn new tricks, if anybody’s got any in their bag.