Tobacco was joined by City Councilmen Vincent Ignizio (R-South Shore) and James Oddo (R-Mid-Island), state Sen. Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island) and Rep. Michael McMahon in blasting the agency for renegging on an earlier plan. "I remind Jay Walder [the new head of the MTA] of those immortal lyrics from the Who's Pete Townshend, 'Meet the new boss; same as the old boss, ' ... Same MTA. Same disdain for Staten Island. Same struggle by all of us to try and get fairness." The city is currently paying Atlantic Express $12 million to operate the routes, but the pols would rather that money spent on other transportation projects in the borough. Full Article at SILive.com