Dear Dirty America

Lynette Sweet, a member of BART’s Board of Directors, said today that she opposed any further disruption of cell service and would seek to bring the issue before the board for a vote.
“This is one where we can almost say we’re stuck on stupid,” Sweet said. “We put ourselves on the radar screen for no good reason. This is a country that champions civil liberties all the time. So why would a transit agency take it upon themselves to trample on civil liberties?”
She added, “We can’t say, ‘We only want you to talk when we want you to talk.’ “