People in the comments below have already started complaining that the 1$ fee isn't enough. What would be enough anyway? What do you feel charging a fee is going to accomplish?
The controversy surrounding these buses is just a symptom of the much larger problem, affordable housing development. If you want this issue to go anywhere, stop worrying so much about these buses full of people headed to work. Getting rid of the buses isn't going to solve the real problem. It's just something that people have latched on to.