David - Perhaps you should stop being such a hypocrite and not make unfounded accusations about people who support light rail. Read your posting #3337 where...
richardborkowski <ric...
RichBorkowski@...
Jan 1, 2003 7:32 pm
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Dear Kal: This is the hardest letter I've ever written. I can still remember the day we met. It was July, 1935; I was in a real Depression. You were down on...
Please note the not so subtle use of out-of-context quoting of David - while David sets the tone of his post with his joking remark he then goes on to suggest...
Peter Sherwin^RiseAbo...
jpsher@...
Jan 1, 2003 8:35 pm
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"Forgive us .." (by Bill Radke)I loved that letter!!!! brilliant :) ... From: Ed Brighton To: FriendsoftheMonorail@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 01,...
... unfounded ... KEVIN - if there's hypocrisy charges to be made around here, Rich I'm sure you'd know ALL about them. And I re-read the post you cite and ...
Peter - The only people who fund PMT are its members. And I identified the # of the post so people could read the whole thing. I'd hardly call that out of...
richardborkowski <ric...
RichBorkowski@...
Jan 1, 2003 9:48 pm
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Kevin - I'm already on Ryan's list. If you want to talk about monorail, then talk about monorail. I only started posting on this group because of all of the...
richardborkowski <ric...
RichBorkowski@...
Jan 1, 2003 9:52 pm
4862
... Come on admit it Dick, David developed his theory well, established a motive that grabbed attention. His story line had a certain ring of plausibility and...
Reply to RB I recall 2 years ago, the Rise Above it All campaign said that with more political support, private financing would appear. PS: Never said that -...
Peter Sherwin^RiseAbo...
jpsher@...
Jan 1, 2003 10:28 pm
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... with the pavement lobby, I would love to see it. versus ... Hm. More contradictory statements. I have all kinds of hard evidence for you folks (no exotic...
roadwarriorsunite <ro...
roadwarriorsunite@...
Jan 2, 2003 2:35 am
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Peter - I didn't say I opposed the monorail because they were raising parking fees and other fees. My reasons are listed below. However, you don't have to...
richardborkowski <ric...
RichBorkowski@...
Jan 2, 2003 4:36 am
4867
In addition to police and DART officials, national nonprofit groups such as Operation Lifesaver work with local communities and schools to teach ...
I disagree with Roadwarrior. I don't think there is any conspiracy afoot by the pavement lobby to undermine transit interests. Transit interests are quite ...
Roger <dawsonst@...>
dawsonst@...
Jan 2, 2003 6:41 am
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Appreciate the feedback, Roger - a few comments below, however. I have no problem with ... arguing only the ... have ... criticising the ... whole cloth. KEVIN...
$1.7 billion is a huge ... KEVIN - this is a disingenous claim, because the 1.7B comes from NEW tax money that the city otherwise doesn't have - that's the...
Richard or roadwarrior, if you have "all kinds of hard evidence" that CETA or FOM or SANE is funded by the pavement lobby, please respond to me personally...
Libraries are wonderful places! I was able to find Dick's letter, and technically he is correct. It was a letter to the Beacon Hill News/South District...
Ruth Korkowski
skidal@...
Jan 2, 2003 7:56 pm
4873
.. "Phil Harrower was an outstanding leader, and we are all shocked by his untimely death," .. ...
Following is the correct information, just available today from Sound Transit, on the effects of Link light rail construction in the vicinity of the Cheasty ...
Roger <dawsonst@...>
dawsonst@...
Jan 3, 2003 1:47 am
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This BBC video is worth a look (a good internet connection helps). http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/38641000/rm/_38641571_train08_markus_vi.ra m The BBC story...
Classic Borkowskism: RB: And for a city that is raising parking fines to raise money, I felt $1.7 billion was too much for a city-only monorail. RB: I didn't...
Peter Sherwin^RiseAbo...
jpsher@...
Jan 3, 2003 3:26 pm
4877
Actually I have made requests to CETA/SANE before requesting information on their funding sources and my requests have been bluntly rejected without any...
greenlaker98103 <blee...
blee98@...
Jan 3, 2003 5:08 pm
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Yowza! More than a mile to stop at 80 miles per hour and almost 3/4 mile to stop at 60 miles per hour. No wonder so many people die at railroad crossings. ...
David, Ed - You might want to brush up on your statistics. Buses are far more dangerous than rail. Speed has little to do with many accidents. See this web...
richardborkowski <ric...
RichBorkowski@...
Jan 4, 2003 12:56 am
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... EB: Good article. My reaction is, since roads are so dangerous, why put LINK, stations and all, at-grade and out in the middle of one? How many people...
Save Our Valley made an inquiry on that some time ago and got information from ST that it would take 282 feet under dry conditions and nearly twice as fur...
Ruth Korkowski
skidal@...
Jan 4, 2003 2:59 am
4882
Here's something interesting that I just heard... I'm watching the Sonics game on ESPN. The announcer said that one of the new guys on the team, Reggie Evans,...
I can't speak for Sane Transit, but if your request was to CETA, a separate organization, the work of the organization is all done by volunteers. I don't...
Ruth Korkowski
skidal@...
Jan 4, 2003 9:05 pm
4884
A simple request for information should not automatically be perceived as "hostile". However, the automatic refusal of all such requests definitely lends the...
greenlaker98103 <blee...
blee98@...
Jan 5, 2003 4:16 pm
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Ruth, And I've received no response yet offline either from Rich Borkowski or roadwarrior (if in fact they're even different people) or anyone else. So I'm...