Well, I'll vote NO for this, for the ST2, for the city's transit infrastructure improvement, for the tunnel, and for anything else which comes in under a...
Any King County Bus Transit plan (there's no city transit) that does not include a new joint operation and expansion of the Seattle Center monorail line will...
- ... While I would love a benelovent central control agency that build roads, and Rapid transit systems, I am distrustful that such an agency would do what I...
NASA has recently answered with a world press release to the prediction of a mega tsunami, created by a possible impact of a fragment of the comet SW-3 on MAY...
AS M. Sherwin has pointed out, at a 5% sales tax growth rate the bus plan funding increment yields about $50 million the first year and in the first fifty...
cleve206@...
May 3, 2006 11:52 pm
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I missed Sherwin's post/editorial/letter. Would you point me to it? Anxiously awaiting, Marcus ... bus plan funding increment yields about $50 million the...
there was no post/editorial/letter, this was in conversation with me. There was a quote from Sherwin in the PI on Wednesday, I think, in that part of the...
cleve206@...
May 4, 2006 10:00 pm
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In August of 05, MTrans in Malaysia indicated to the SMP that they were building monorail for themselves overseas for less than $8 mil. dollars a mile. In a...
Some relevant excepts from the Mayor's Task Force on Seattle Center. Underline/emphasis is theirs Action Step #3: Maintain and improve transportation access...
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/271136_transpo23ww.html Monday, May 22, 2006 · Last updated 1:11 p.m. PT City seeking new taxes for transportation...
Some random thoughts regarding the mayor's proposal: 1. The projected annual tax revenue will be greater than what the SMP was collecting, $65 million vs....
I was simply shocked to see Greg Nickels ask for $1.8 billion for what largely amounts to repair of existing infrastructure. For this kind of capital cost, we...
The Sims transit plan and the Nickels roads plan are both very responsible. Together they will significantly augment key aspects of this region's most...
1) Too much is given toward car/truck issues when Peak Oil is already descending upon us. 2) City Council and public must be made to connect the dots between ...
It's not a head tax. It's a parking space tax. If an employee takes transit or walks/bikes to work - the business owner pays zip nada nothing. If an employee...
Undermine? I think they augment them. I'm looking forward to both, and the return of the monorail, and expanding the monorail. And it looks like my campaign...
Duh, The judge can't give you advice in court! You needed to hire an attorney for this. If it was dismissed with predudice you are really scr*wed. If not hire...
This would not be "advice" in court. It would be asking for the reasoning and the standards applied behind a finding. In other words, this would be findings...
Thursday, May 25, 2006 The Seattle Center: A city's soul SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD A task force appointed by Mayor Greg Nickels says the...
Actually there is both a commercial parking tax and a per-employee head tax for employers with a certain number of employees. Some other cities in the region...
cleve206@...
May 25, 2006 9:36 pm
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But it's not a head tax - it's an optional head tax - you don't pay it if your employees don't use parking spots but take transit or bike/walk/skate/board to...
http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php? command=download&id=820 4 concurrent afternoon workshops to choose from - $25 includes lunch, ...
Will, of course I will assume you are correct. In this case the optional nature of the per employee tax is NOT being reported eg Sea Times today "Nickels'...
cleve206@...
May 27, 2006 6:05 pm
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The newspapers correctly assume most employees aren't full-time transit users and that most employers will provide one parking spot per employee. So long as we...
The Green Line was meant to be built, and as you said, it was sabotaged. It's so obvious because the people simply approved it 4 times [for its original...
Take a deep breath and try to let go of the anger. If the city, county, or regional transit authority had come forward with a plan for light rail in the Green...
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