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2004 Seattle Elections General Election Voters' Guide Initiative 83 - Monorail Easements/Right of Way Statement Against "The people of Seattle face yet another round in the battle to build an innovative transportation system. Having three times overcome resistance from City Hall and others, the monorail movement faces a recall effort largely financed by wealthy downtown property owners. This newspaper supported the Seattle Monorail Project, and so far we've yet to see a convincing argument for reconsidering - let alone abandoning - the project. But the larger question is not simply whether we should build this monorail project but whether we will be able to build any major transportation project in this city. Will even voter approval be enough to protect against a parade of plebiscites to second-, third-, and fourth-guess every big-dollar effort? And it's likely back to the courts after that [the election] if this attempt to scuttle the monorail is successful. For now, it's 'The People vs. the Powers that Be - Round Four.' " Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Editorial, 9/17/04 We can't afford to delay the transportation, economic and environmental benefits of the monorail. Let's build it. Give Seattle a clean, green alternative to traffic and congestion. Say no to sprawl, no to obstructionists, no to more delay and No to I-83. Statement prepared by: Peter Hurley, Executive Director, Transportation Choices Coalition No on I-83 Committee Rebuttal to Statement Against Seattle was promised a mass transit plan that works. But they changed the plan. They promised it would be like Vancouver's SkyTrain. But this plan's trains, platform sizes and capacity is one-third the size. They promised expansion. This plan isn't designed to grow. They promised integration with light rail. This plan has no transfer stations. They promised a 25 year payoff. This plan takes 40 years. This is NOT the plan we voted for. Rebuttal prepared by: Liv Finne, Co-Chair |
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