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There's no official Seattle Likes Bikes endorsement process, but I note after reading L'Etranger's election recommendations that they got both Godden and Burgess to commit to the Stone Way bike lanes (and more). Apparently Della was against the Burke-Gilman extension (in Ballard). What a tool.
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langston
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:46 am
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eh, for once I disagree with L'Etranger on Prop 1.
This quote turned me against the stranger's arguement: "Seattle voters shouldn't have to fund roads on the Eastside in order to get light rail.". They say this even though they expect suburban residents & businesses to fund "inner city" projects like oh, um Sound Transit.
The financing is secure, and the few roads they are building are all addressing areas of terrible infrastructure-based congestion. It also puts in a large chunk of funds towards building light rail regionally, which is an incredible boon. Federal funding seems easier to proccur on the federal level if there is already regional support & precendent of need.
Expect this to pass, with Kirlkland-Bellevue-Renton businesses and residents leading.
anyone have any news on how the airport for railroad swap is progressing?
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DJStroky
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:53 am
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I really want Prop 1 to pass.
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TrikerTrev
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:49 pm
Joined: 23 Oct 2006Posts: 2303Location: FOCO, MOFO!!!
fuck you, i an NOT a hippy!!!
i bathe and eat meat, shave and have short hair!
damn stranger...fucking up the facts yet AGAIN.
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lantius
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:51 pm
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Langston (the guy that owes Ben Greening 75 dollars) wrote:
The financing is secure, and the few roads they are building are all addressing areas of terrible infrastructure-based congestion.
when is future road funding not for addressing areas of congestion?
"oh man it's so congested" should mean "gosh we should look at other options besides driving so much" not "CAN HAS MOAR ROADS?
This will be fun to watch in the days to come before election day.
henry
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:40 pm
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I'm totally voting for RTID.
Let's get some trains built for fucks sake.
This region doesn't have a particularly good reputation for getting transportation packages put together and sent to the voters. I'm not particularly pleased with this one, but it beats the pants off waiting another 5-10 years for another one to get put together which will likely be just as flawed.
Oh man, I totally need a pic of a lolcat sized, oh say the space needle or something, crushing the Viaduct right about now.
Lolcats are totally the future of political propaganda.
TrikerTrev
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:58 pm
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henry wrote:
I'm totally voting for RTID.
Let's get some trains built for fucks sake.
This region doesn't have a particularly good reputation for getting transportation packages put together and sent to the voters. I'm not particularly pleased with this one, but it beats the pants off waiting another 5-10 years for another one to get put together which will likely be just as flawed.
psh, what evar!
let the folks that STAY in Retardville suffer with their shitty inability to look ahead in all aspects of neighborhood structuring.
Buy a shitbox condo for twice what it would be worth, whine about how they cant drive or park your big assed truckUVs anywhere, but goddamnedit they'll fight tooth and nail for less taxes. Seattle can get fucked...they deserve it.
anyways, by the time Stupidville gets around to actually fully UTILIZING a transportation network, it will either be suffering from an exodus of business and citizens due to overpricing real estate or rebuilding from a catastrophic earthquake.
simply, too little, too fuckin late.
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DOUG.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:14 pm
Joined: 29 Jan 2007Posts: 117Location: Wallingford
For what it's worth, Godden's opponent, Joe Szwaja, was at the initial Ride for Fremont.
gsbarnes
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:21 pm
Joined: 15 Aug 2006Posts: 2666Location: No Fun Town, USA
DOUG. wrote:
For what it's worth, Godden's opponent, Joe Szwaja, was at the initial Ride for Fremont.
Right. I hear what pushed Godden over Szwaja for the CBC (not Stranger) endorsement is that Godden apparently stood up for the Burke-Gilman extension when the 'tards of Ballard tried to make an end-run and get it axed in some obscure regional governmental body meeting. [Probably what pushed Godden over the top for el Stranger is her effectively killing the nightclub license.]
So anyway, either Godden or Szwaja is probably good for bikes, unlike the Della/Burgess race, where, as previously stated, Della is a tool.
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ksep
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:58 pm
Joined: 27 Jan 2007Posts: 1879Location: Westlake
Sales tax is egregiously high enough already. The local government just needs to cut back on stupid things like re-painting bike lane icons with helmets (or perhaps reverse mortgage the stadiums?) and get (pork?) money from the federal government for transit.
With clogged suburban roads maybe we'll get some more density in places where road capacity is high (I'm looking at you, SoDo & Denny Triangle).
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