It’s their one-size-fits-all response to any question/complaint about their whole idoor.taichung.gov.tw program!
So take it to the courts… oops, no legal ground to stand on, especially for non-citizens.
I was thinking “Maybe the DPP could jump on this, as it is clearly a scheme by the KMT mayor to get votes (from the spouses of aliens.)”
This is true. I appealed something once to the highest point of appeal regarding dual citizenship. They skipped all my points and said that they grant foreigners things and as such there is no right of appeal. I was shocked.
I was going to go to court next But had to leave Taiwan suddenly for a family emergency
Last week I was talking to a Mrs. Gou in person, so I assume that’s the same person you have the written reply from.
Well, I am in fact affected by this new rule. It’s not about the money though, for me a matter of princip.
I am doing a follow up visit next week and lol, call me stupid to do so, I am even considering to visit the Taichung mayor’s office to make some kind of (friendly) noise there plus consulting the free lawyers service for any possible legal advice.
(Yeah, I currently have way too much free time to deal with this BS).
anything would not usually work by just one complaint, unless the issue is very clearly illegal.
They care if you could get a good number of followers.
Hmmm, that would be Ms. 狗。
Well letters directed there naturally just get redirected to the Transportation Dept. The same will probably happen for people too.
Sorry, typo …
Well, might be worth a try, don’t you think ?
Be courteous! That kind of attitude won’t get you the results you want.
Guy
In the end of the day even those who are married get few benefits and it’s not like we are getting an advantage for citizenship application etc. We are all in this together.
If folks in Taichung care about it hold a small scale protest, call a couple of media orgs and complain about the unfairness .They’ll probably change the rules.
OK, but what if the mayor is with a client?
They probably have a ‘student card’ (school ID)
So,
I am in touch with FocusInTaiwan news agency about “this”.
Will see whether they find it relevant enough to report about this or not.
I doubt they’d be the guys to break this story. They are, after all, the official government news agency (aka CNA).
I would however be delighted to be proven wrong.
Guy
Good for you. And everyone sending a message of concern. though a single message wont ever change anything, dilligence is key. Over time things can change, life isnt like facebook. So keep at it. If you find some people that reply, please pm me their emails, we will write in letters as well, in chinese. From foreigners and locals alike. This is but a small symptom of the larger disease. And although people have high hopes to change everything wrong because a certain person or party is in power, this is not the hill they are going to die on. They still care about votes. And with a large enough sect of society that still can believe foreign homosexuals are bringing in AIDS and bankrupting the NHI, Tsai is well aware of this kind of risk of public outcry. So the bus wont be a public announcement so much as a just fix it and move on situation. As it should be. But they need to be told when things go wrong, otherwise they rightfully have no requirement to fix it. In numbers, via polite complaints, this kind of thing tends to change fast in taiwan. Often for the better. But if we get all cranky from the onset, all us foreigners look like assholes, not ideal.
If we all spend 5 to 10 mins, expressing mature and well thought out concerns about discrimination (not about 20nt), this will be righted next week.
I sent messages to lots of zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/第三屆臺中市議員列表 City Council members. You can whittle away at their rule: “外配可以，但如付出40年台中修女等永久居留者，「10公里免費」卻無資格… 不知議員有什麼看法？” (Free rides for brides, but not nuns. Wonder what the council member thinks about that?) OK, when they allow the nuns, then hit them again with “You allow the nuns, but not the professors.”, etc. etc.
FIFY
Result of follow up visit.
Apparently, due to lots of incoming messages, they are reviewing “this” …
Not sure what to think about it though, but so far I trust her words and still have some hope for a turn-around.
Actually, I am a complete ***hole.
My secret plan is to whittle away at this one by one:
To have the government go back and revise their rules over and over,
until they are blue in the face.
No no no, not fix it all in one step. That would be too simple. Too easy
for them.
Nope. Little by little.
First the nuns,
Then the pastors,
OK, a city council member has jumped ahead for me…
您好： 台中市政府這個政策對長住在台中市內的神父及修女真的很不公平 但這個是市長的方針，我們會將您的意見反應給市府，要求他們能修改政策。 蔡圭服務讚 感謝您!
OK, so what should be next on the “one step at a time” request list?
Professors?
Ah, (Taichung alien) English teachers!
And then after the government gives in and allows them the bus ride
privileges…
Spanish teachers!
(“Unfair! You allow English teachers, but not Spanish teachers!”)
Yup, one step at a time!