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Ring Ring Ring, it's the 8.5 billion dollar clue phone. Guess you should answer. The 'extremists' which you so ineloquently characterized want one thing, accountability. We're tired of the same old Liberal strategy of 'throwing more money at something and getting nothing in return'. Seattle hasn't had an infrastructure upgrade in 25 years. Why? We've had all sorts of revenue, car ownership has gone up and so has resultant taxation of said cars. Gas tax has gone up. But still we're stuck with the same old crappy roads. Liberalism is has made perpetuating miserable conditions a science. They do it with welfare, they do it with roads, they do it with healthcare, ad naseum.

Right Wingers have no problem paying for money when they get something in return. Liberals equate spending more with doing more, and that's simply incorrect. Who put forth the performance audit initiative? Right Wingers. Who had to expose election incompetence? Right Wingers. Plain and simple we're tired of blue ribbon committees, no bid union contracts and supposed 'environmental studies', all of which only serve one purpose, to line the pockets of special interests.

What you forget is what the WA state constitution says:"All political power is inherent in the people, and governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and are established to protect and maintain individual rights"

The people of washington are tired of the legislature passing 'emergency clauses' to push through their agenda which caters to special interests. It's unethical, unconstitutional, and it's just plain wrong. Washington is only a Blue state because the Liberal agenda makes people sad.

Conservatives can talk about accountability all they want, but what they are really saying is “I don’t want to pay for it.” What’s worse is that they only oppose spending when they don’t see a direct benefit. I guarantee you if this was some pork barrel project in this commenter’s neighborhood he wouldn't be talking about accountability.

Republicans are perfectly willing to foolishly spend money as long as goes to a narrow intrest group, rather than benifit the public. Look at the latest energy bill and their $1.5 billion giveaway to big oil, or Rick Santorum's bill to make it illegal for the National Weather Service to give the public the data they collect.

If accountability was what conservatives were really worried about, then they would be putting forth their own plan to fix our failing transportation infrastructure rather than just being obstructionist.

In fact, accountability is exactly what this author is complaining about. Accountability is why we have blue ribbon commissions and environmental impact statements. It is the cost of thinking a problem through and making sure it is done right. The commenter may think its wise to skimp on planning, but the reality is that this type of planning is needed. I wish we would have had a few more blue ribbon commissions looking into Iraq before we decided to invade. We might have saved thousands of lives and billions of dollars.

The reality is that public investment built this nation and if Washington is going to continue to prosper, some of us are going to have to forgo the second DVD player for the guest bedroom and fork over the money to prevent the Alaska Way Viaduct and 520 from collapsing.

so, you don't want to raise the gas tax. what do you think the answer is, then? how would you fix the viaduct, the 520 bridge and the thousands of other roads that this program will fix.

don't give me that "liberal government" bullshit, either. these corporations are fighting against I-912:

• The Boeing Company
• Hal Woosley Properties
• Microsoft
• Parsons Brinckerhoff
• Parametrix
• PEMCO Financial Services
• Seattle Mariners
• Vulcan Inc.
• Washington Mutual
• Weyerhaeuser

yeah, those guys are a bunch of liberal blowhards, right? no, they're not. chris vance- the chairman of the republican party in washington state is against I-912. slade gorton has been against these anti-tax Initiatives before, and i'll bet he speaks up against this one as well.

face it, you're a greedy asshole who doesn't want to give up literally less than $0.50 per week to fix major problems with your state. you can't see more than 10 feet in front of you, and you don't care what happens to your fellow citizens, your children or your neighbors. you'd rather have your $0.50.

you're truly an upstanding citizen.

p.s. "Washington is only a Blue state because the Liberal agenda makes people sad."

What the hell does that mean? People in Washington like to be sad, so they vote liberal? That doesn't make any sense. Please, elaborate.