The Seattle Monorail Project officials are seriously frightened of the Monorail Recall initiative, now gathering signatures to qualify for the November ballot. The Seattle Times reports that Monorail officials ask for recall initiative to be tossed. It's more than a little sad that the rulers of the "People's Monorail" are telling the unhappy people to sit down and shut up.

Unfortunately for the Monorail, but fortunately for the regular citizens of this city, the One-Track Minds who oversee the Monorail are politically tone-deaf. This ham-handed attempt to shut down the discussion of the Monorail's viability (using the taxpayer's money no less) is certain to backfire. Just like the Monorail's use of tax dollars on its expensive and dishonest ad campaign that had to be terminated prematurely after it generated a negative reaction.