Endorsement - Sound Transit Prop. 1 - Sound Politics
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Ken & Barbara Miller’s Message on Sound Transit’s Proposition 1 (ST2)
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Neither rail or infrastructure-spending will save America
Here are two studies that are relevant to the discussion on infrastructure spending to create jobs and the cost/benefits of rail.
More Transportation Spending: False Promises of Prosperity and Job Creation, by Dr. Ronald Utt, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation
The vast majority of
independent academic and federal government studies on the
relationship between infrastructure spending and economic activity
have found that the impact is very modest and long in coming.
High Speed Rail: The Wrong Road for America, by Randal O'Toole, Senior Fellow at the CATO Institute
High-speed rail proposals are high cost, ...
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Just in Time for the Election
The Cato Institute has released High-Speed Rail: The Wrong Road for America. It bears a remarkable resemblance to the Antiplanner’s nine-part series on high-speed rail.
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Light-Rail Supporter Throws A Fit
Kansas City attorney who supports light-rail calls me and other opponents "flat Earthers." “Every city in the United States our size or larger has built light rail,” McLarney said. “And still opponents to light rail make the same arguments they were making 20 years ago: Maybe we’re not going to get riders, maybe we’re not going to get federal funding, maybe we’ll have a hurricane and it will blow it off the tracks. “Those arguments are not valid anymore.” How Stalinist does that sound? Granted
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The case for — and against — expanding light rail - Seattle Post Intelligencer
The case for -- and against -- expanding light rail Seattle Post Intelligencer - 14 hours ago As chairman of the Sound Transit board, he's convinced a rail system will prepare the region for the day gasoline prices rocket out of control again. ... |
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Seattle Weekly’s Mark Fefer on Sound Transit’s Light Rail Ridership #’s, Environmental Impacts, Regressive Sales Tax
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Ken Schram: I can't do it - KOMO News
Ken Schram: I can't do it KOMO News, WA - 23 hours ago By Ken Schram Now, I've criticized sound transit measures in the past, only to turn around, hold my nose and, figuring that something is better than nothing ... |
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My Undecided Ride on Prop. 1
I've never understood "undecided" voters. Who are these people? How can they be so unsure of their own worldview? How can they stand there scratching their heads over such obvious choices? And yet, six days before the election, I find myself experiencing a strange kinshi...
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Gregoire, Rossi get specific on traffic - TheNewsTribune.com
Gregoire, Rossi get specific on traffic TheNewsTribune.com, WA - 30 minutes ago He said he plans to vote against Proposition 1, Sound Transit’s $18 billion expansion in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. Gregoire, who lives outside of ... |
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