Notices are now posed in every bus in the city saying service will end on April 30th. Officials say the busses carry about 60 passengers per day - now those passengers will have to find alternative options.
That deficit - $5 million, according to Mayor Michael Villa - left in place, he says, by previous administration.
Villa says the bus system cut was finalized last week.
But some residents are left wondering - why cut the bus, and not the city's municipal golf course? Mayor Villa says the golf course was seeing more revenue than the transit system.
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