The One-Track Minds at the Seattle Moronorail Project have managed to suppress dissent:
King County Superior Court Judge Steven Gonzalez has declared Initiative 83, known as the "Monorail Recall" measure, to be illegal.Obviously the Monomaniacs are convinced that their worthless project would go down in flames on a revote.
The measure, which has collected enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot, seeks to block construction of a new monorail on city streets and sidewalks.Gonzalez found that the I-83 campaign was an attempt to have what he called a revote or an "end run" after voters narrowly approved the 14-mile Green Line two years ago.
Legal appeals can be expected. In the meantime, the people should know that there is no legal requirement to pay the Monorail Car Tax. Why pay when you don't have to?
Defund the bastards.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at August 13, 2004 01:12 PMWell, just look at how well the current monorail is running.
And don't you think making it easier to commute between West Seattle and Ballard will help the 520 bridge mess?
Posted by: Bleeding heart conservative on August 13, 2004 05:02 PMI guess the judge doesn't remember how we had a revote on RTA after it failed, and a revote on the baseball stadium when it failed. I guess once something gets approved, only then are revotes bad.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega on August 13, 2004 06:16 PMRaoul,
There was only one vote on what became Safeco Field. It was King Co. only, if I recall, and narrowly failed. The Legislature put together the funding package for the baseball stadium after that failed vote.
The new Seahawk Stadium was approved by a state-wide vote.
Posted by: jimg on August 14, 2004 10:05 AMAnd we're still waiting for the revote on Sound Transit's mendaciously-promoted light rail election, now that its false pretenses have been exposed.
Posted by: Insufficiently Sensitive on August 14, 2004 11:51 AM