My humble apologies for not being up to date on "netiquette." As I have said before, I am new to the world of blogging so I just responded as I saw fit. My apologies as well for not linking. I will say that I am the pain in the butt that has been hitting you up on the last 12 or so comments.

I am not into chat-rooms, myspace, message boards (except this one), etc... I am into pina coladas' getting caught in the rain, yoga, and champagne...oops that was a song. Anyway, being that I am a fresh face to the world of blogging and of male persuasion, will just simply call myself... NewGuy. Kind of catchy huh?!?! I really did not think about giving myself a name. I thought of giving myself the name HappyFeet, since my children love the movie, but then I figured I would suffer an onslaught of ridciule. NewGuy seems to fit well.

I am the one that has been trading knife throws with you on DART stuff. The Salary, rebuttal, PD vs State Fair...Guilty as charged. I am not, however, the person that you replied to in your "Purposely hiding..." comment.

As I said before, I am not here to call you stupid or even trade attacks with you. I agree with "some" of your statements. I just have a bit more "hands on" knowledge about things that occur with this agency. I guess my biggest point is to say...much like any argument involving percentages and stats, there is always going to be ways to use the data to support or shoot down each side. For example, the glass being half full or half empty...it is all in the arguing person's perspective. The water level is the same in both arguments, one just has a more positive outlook on it.

The other point that I make is that crime does occur everywhere, yes even on "public transportation." So, while blogging about it may be good in the sense that you are getting your anger off your chest, the reality is that every major metropolitan area with a transit system experiences these same issues.

P.S. Still waiting on the coffee.

[Ed Note: I emailed you offering to put the two of you together. Can you use the Feedback portion of the blog and get me a good email address?]