Why the judge flipped on SEPTA's fare hike
And why George Bochetto wound up doing a job that the mayor and city solicitor should have done
On the surface, it appeared to be a puzzling judicial flip-flop.
On Aug. 29th, Common Pleas Court Judge Sierra Thomas Street granted George Bochetto’s emergency motion for a temporary injunction to halt SEPTA’s second planned phase of “Doomsday” cuts of 25% in service, plus a 21 1/2% rate hike that was supposed to kick in Sept. 1st.
“Everything must stop…