Trump, Baseball and the Washington Metro: Governmental Arrogance is Not Going Away and Neither is the Revolt

By Robbin Laird

It seems to be a mystery to analysts, journalists and politicians alike why the Donald Trump phenomenon exists. It is not that difficult to grasp if one looks at endless wars decided by “experts” and politicians and health care crammed down your throats with no logic and using the hated IRS to enforce the health care law.

The question ought to be: is Trump simply the beginning?

A recent event involving the Washington Nationals provides insight into why the arrogance of public officials is simply spawning the continuing revolt.

Imagine that you are a city that receives millions of dollars of revenue each year from a baseball team and that baseball team is about the play the most significant game in its life.

Great!

Not really, because the game is going to go on longer than the Washington Metro officials will allow because THAT is their policy.

The Washington star pitcher who pitched a great game in the most important game in Nats history simply articulated prior the game what any sensible citizen might ask:

“God, I would hope to believe that playoff games here in D.C. would mean more than shutting down the lines for a couple hours,” Scherzer told Grant Paulsen and Danny Rouhier on 106.7 The Fan. “I mean, isn’t it a supply-and-demand issue? We have a supply of people that demand to use the line to go to the park. Why wouldn’t you want to meet that?”

Let me explain Max.

The answer is no because that is not our policy and our policy is OUR policy and the public can go to hell because we can send them to hell because we are in CHARGE.

Metro GM Paul Wiedefeld has opposed any exceptions for special events during SafeTrack maintenance, and has already declined to make exceptions for the Redskins and Marine Corps Marathon.

Wiedefeld argues that extending the hours for one special event, such as a Nationals playoff game, would create a slippery slope.

On Wednesday morning, Wiedefeld said Metro wouldn’t extend operating hours for Thursday’s Game 5.

When this same putz was asked if that would apply to a possible World Series he said it would because it would.

No exceptions because that is OUR policy; it is not about Max’s incorrect calculation that it was about responding to the requirements of the citizens.

I was at the game and when the announcer indicated that Metro was soon closing and it was only the 7th inning in what was to be an historic game, the entire stadium rocked with boos and verbal abuse of the Metro leadership.

DC had come together in opposition to the arrogance of the Metro officials and they blindness to common sense.

And when we reached the streets after the game, chaos was evident but some reason at two in the morning metro police were standing by their vehicles watching people mill around but it was not clear even why they were there other than collecting a paycheck to not meet the needs of citizens.

That explains Donald Trump more than anything.

 

 

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