Status Updates From NEW-Atlas Shrugged

"Everybody knows how...schedules have been run in the past three weeks, & why some districts...get transportation, while others don't. What we're not supposed to do is say that we know it. We're supposed to pretend to believe that 'public welfare' is the only reason for any decision - & that the public welfare of the city of New York requires the immediate delivery of a large quantity of grapefruit" (767-8).