Editor,

I am writing in response to the current Island Transit upheaval. Watching the taped council meetings on a local channel, I discovered that the chairman and acting CEO of the transit board did not seem to know whether or how a passenger use count was done.

When I went online to view our new transit center, I was struck by its seeming extravagance.

As someone actively working with the elder community and using the transit system myself at 70, I watch with a great deal of interest to see if some level-headed measures are instituted to assure full public disclosure and accountability for what, at this time, looks like an incompetent circus of pride and pursuit of acclaim at the expense of basic math and common sense.

Carolyn Kinch

Coupeville