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being improperly used. But, as you know, OCTA does not cover all the cost <br />for this program. The City puts in its portion to support this program and has <br />been doing so since the beginning of the program in 2001. And since that <br />time, they have known that we on occasion have gone to the Richard Nixon <br />Library or a museum, or the beach, especially since there are no beaches in <br />Santa Ana the last time we checked. True, a handful of excursions in a full <br />year at times has been a visit to the Temecula wine tasting facility and to a <br />nearby casino. Okay, don't allow us to go to these very rare fun trips, <br />especially since we are poor and they don't think that poor seniors should <br />have the right for society to support them to have fun on a rare occasion. But <br />their extreme hateful reaction is throwing away the baby with the bathwater <br />and are not allowing us to use the mobility program to take us to the market <br />to support our basic right to buy food. <br />The senior center staff routinely submit the trip reports to OCTA <br />honestly and truthfully since the start of this program many years ago. What <br />has changed? We don't know. For some reason, the OCTA leaders have <br />decided to start this hateful campaign against the poor. Does OCTA only want <br />to put their money in toll roads and express lanes in our freeways so they can <br />go fast from their luxury homes in their luxury cars to their favorite golf <br />course or gourmet restaurant? Where is their sense of compassion, their sense <br />of fairness, their leadership stand forjustice? Help us. Don't let OCTA bully <br />Santa Ana. We are the heart and soul of the county. Without our people, their <br />golf courses are not manicured, their babies are not taken care of, <br />their houses don't get clean. Can't they afford to give us a crumb to help us <br />with our transportation needs? Is the new trend a real trend where our <br />leaders advance their careers by being hateful to the poor, to minorities? Is <br />this America? <br />Can OCTA meet us half way and let's us at least continue being <br />transported to the local markets to buy our daily bread? That is all we are <br />2 <br />