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Governor lacks leadership on viaduct

Submitted by ezra on December 31, 2006 - 7:27pm.

The Governor made a big mistake by asking for input from Seattle voters on the viaduct. The whole viaduct debate is a falsely framed debate that will be made even more confusing by a public vote. Understanding the complexities of how the different proposed replacements will be funded and whose pocket that funding comes out of will not be clear to voters.

The fact that a reduced capacity tunnel or surface expressway, are not on the table also limits the choices presented to voters. Voters will be asked to choose between the two most auto-oriented proposals, and that simply doesn’t make sense, not for transit, the environment or the future of a livable Seattle.

If a public vote is inevitable, as it now appears, many choices should appear on a ballot. The public should vote using Instant Run Off Voting (IRV). IRV would allow voters to express their first, second and third choices, and give elected officials the ability to see these results. Only having two choices is an outmoded voting method, and in this case will really skew what the true public opinion is.

Like most tax issues that reach the ballot, I think the viaduct vote will largely boil down to the typical division in Seattle of home-owners versus renters, a division of young liberal Seattle and old conservative Seattle. The property owners have their yards, views and most of all semi-annual tax bills, reminding them about their obligations to our schools, parks, state and local governments. Those are the no-voters. They have the advantage, because they are the voters who vote in special and primary elections, and they don't see the need for a waterfront for all.

Cross Posted on Urban Transit

Posted in Transportation | ezra's blog
When are they going to fix

When are they going to fix that thing.

Submitted by chrisz on May 26, 2007 - 9:20am.
Banned From unSP

Stefan over at unSP had to delete my comments, and ban me for telling the truth once again. Since I am banned for telling the truth, I couldn’t post the following:

Since our state government is so corrupt, I am assuming they will all be arrested any time right Stefan? With the F.B.I. and the Justice Department basically acting as wings of the Republicon Party, I am sure indictments are right around the corner. They are clearly corrupt right? Abramoff has visited the Governor’s Mansion at least 200 times right? Jeff Gannon Guckert Gay Hooker was at her last press conference right? Monica Goodling was training Christine’s staff how to hire political operatives in violation of the Hatch Act without getting caught right? Karl Rove’s chief of staff can help her get things straightened out once she does her time too, along with Scooter, Cheney’s chief of staff! Don’t overlook all that talent Chris.

Stefan, pleas write an article of all the staff in the White House that will not be doing time eventually. There has to be someone there clean right? My god, half their staff is wearing orange, and the investigations have not even got going yet. And you want to complain about Christine? It’s like complaining about a litterer, while someone is burning down your house in the background.

Wake up and smell the destruction of our democracy Stefan.”

So Stefan, what are you so afraid of? The truth?

Every time you peep about the problems here Stefan, I stomp on your comments with the reality. The total corruption from the top to the bottom of the sleazebag liars that used to be the Republicon Party. I feel sorry for anyone calling themselves cons these days. You surely need therapy. Better yet go to Iraq, and die so Bush can be a war president, like he always bragged about!

I just can’t wait till I see Stefan in public, and I trash him for deleting my comments. It won’t be pretty. I will ask him, in front of his peers, why he has to delete comments from his blog, that are entirely true, and related to the topic.

All the Republicon blogs delete comments from the reality based community. They have to in order to keep their fantasy world alive!

Submitted by All Facts Support My Positions (not verified) on May 29, 2007 - 10:13pm.

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