Every time contract negotiations between transit authorities and labor unions hit a deadlock, an entire city holds its breath. Commuters start mapping out secondary routes, bracing for chaotic traffic, and checking headlines every hour to see if the region’s mobility grid is about to go dark. I want to make one thing completely clear up front: I am unapologetically pro-worker. I support fair pay, safe working conditions, and strong labor representation. Transit operators perf

Welcome to Offscripted. I’ve restarted this blog more times than I can count. Every time I sat down to write, I found myself wondering what the first post should be about. Should I write about autism advocacy? Hockey? Creativity? Neurovaliant? The Assembly? There were so many places I could begin that I ended up beginning nowhere at all. Then it hit me. If this blog is going to be called Offscripted, then maybe the first thing I write shouldn’t be about what I do. Maybe it sh