this thread seems to be wavering in focus a bit, but here's my two cents. . .there are a million reasons to hate the MTA. . .they are an unbelievably top-heavy organization that IMHO is very poorly run. i read somewhere (if someone knows the source of this info, holla) that MTA has a full-time staff of 20+ lawyers yet still ran up 6 figures in "outside legal consultation" last year. how many lawyers does it take to prop up the MTA? yow.