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Jonathon Naylor Editor Rather than an uproar, members of Creighton Town Council say they have not heard even a peep of a complaint since scrapping public transit late last year. 'I'll tell you the honest truth: I haven't heard nothing,' Mayor Bruce Fidler said at a recent council meeting, drawing nods of agreement from his councillors. Asked whether council considered an alternative, such as a shuttle service, before doing away with its bus service, Fidler said alternatives were discussed. 'There were different things we talked about but never ever finalized, nothing ever came about,' he said. 'It just quietly went by the wayside.' Councillors agreed that the lack of complaints illustrate the bus service did not receive much usage. 'I think the ones that used it realized, because they were the ones on the bus, (that) if there's only three, four passengers, it probably isn't self-sustaining,' said Coun. Don Aasen. 'It definitely wasn't self-sustaining.' Council had discussed the future of public transit in late 2010, prompting a petition signed by more than 100 residents who wanted the service maintained. Council continued with the service, but following the normal summer break last year, a driver could not be found to go behind the wheel for the usual September restart. Eventually Northern Bus Lines did have a driver and put forth a proposal to council, but it was turned down. 'Financially, feasibly, it just didn't work,' said Fidler. Prior to last September, Creighton had been paying $50,000 a year to provide public transit.
