Seems to me that only people who have access to Independence politicians can influence this as our city counsel people won't really care one way or the other. A direct appeal by some of us attending an Independence city counsel meeting might make a difference. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terrie Arnold" <tanderson3@xxxxxxxxx> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <First-Steps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Missouri Chat" <chat@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 6:51 AM Subject: [real-eyes] This is of interest to those in K.C. those that use Share a fare Please pass this along > To all of the people that use Share A Fare in the K.C. area; > >> To all of the people on the list that live within the Kansas City area >> and use the local para transit service and go to Independence , >> I was told today that if the city of Independence dose not sign on to >> the Share A Fare service or the bus service as these are both contracted >> services the service will end as of Jan.1st, 2009. This means that people >> that are living within the Independence area are will not be eligible >> for this service ,except for those that have Medicaid coverage for >> medical trips thus this service will not be available for most of the >> people on this list do have Blind Pension , and would not qualify for >> this part of Medicaid. >> So all of you that wish to have these services with in Independence >> contact your city councilperson or call the mayors office , or anyone >> that you think of that can speak on behalf of the people that use this >> service. As budgets are getting titer and things are being cut, the >> sales tax that was passed only effect's the City of Kansas City and I am >> grateful for that. >> As far as this affecting the people that live in the city proper this >> will cause the price to go from the ADA rate to non - ADA rate : for an >> example a trip to a address that is 17.5 miles cost me $2.40 , if this >> change takes effect the cost will jump to $ 15.00 each way. I know for me >> this would make this city very much like anything that is anywhere in >> Kansas as far as within Johnson County. So this will hit our wallets hard >> and for those that live in Independence you would have no service to get >> to work. >> Terrie Arnold >> > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes