FOM, The problem I find with all the recent arguments on this forum about whether it was clear to the Voters that the Alweg Monorail was to be demolished or...
... More wishful thinking. If the FTA had delivered to congress an agreement for an airport that didn't have a runway would the clock start? No because the...
... From letter #1, "Action by Sound Transit's governing board to adopt a suffcient financial contiengency plan must occur BEFORE FTA agrees to an FFGA and...
Just because you keep repeating that doesn't make it any less obviously false to anyone who has bothered to actually read the plan: From the Seattle Popular...
Jeff Fisher
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Aug 1, 2003 5:00 pm
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...and no that this isnt in the petition does not mean that it doesnt apply because the petition specifically references this plan: From the petition we voted...
Jeff Fisher
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Aug 1, 2003 5:07 pm
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ES: I, for one, have worked at newspapers for years and have written hundreds of HEDS. What you neglect to point out is that the eds who write the HEDS, while...
The only thing that matters ... Measure ... PS: Sure we can - I think we should have put more of the plan's language in the text of the Ballot Measure - the...
ES: How about preserving the ALWEG because it's just the right thing to do; irrespective of any misleading statements on either side of the debate? It IS a...
jeffseattle: I don't know why this is so hard to understand. Nobody is saying you don't have a legal right to tear down the Alweg, according to the plan (and...
... Sure: lets look at monorail capacity. If a monorail can carry 3,000 passengers per hour (between two adjacent stations.) And another monorail can carry...
So why does the green line occupy Second for miles until Stewart? No one asked me about it through Pi2. Why will the green line defile Times Square? This is a...
I missed this the first time I saw it but it does show that if the Federal Funding Agreement is canned, uST plans to build LINK anyway. So this is the "secret"...
Once again, for those who like to suggest some plot by Belltown NIMBY's or a cabal of Alweg-haters, I will remind you that original route proposals included a...
Well I read the entire plan. How many people? I have no idea. Given the sorry state of our democracy I would guess that it was a minority. However anyone...
Jeff Fisher
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Aug 1, 2003 8:36 pm
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... Great! Just so that everyone who votes for you understands all the issues, be sure to spell out in your campaign bio (the printed circular that is...
If the ETC really wanted citizens to know the Alweg is doomed, they'd could have made it very clear. They didn't, regardless that you think about a paragraph...
And now it starts to come out in the news... Note: "a 60-day clock to review the half-billion dollar grant won't start ticking until his questions are...
Actually, Gary, my "winning campaign statement" is that I am running to ensure Transparency, Accountability, and Public Involvement in the process of building...
Spoken like a politician. Say you'll be transparent and accountable, without saying what that means. Then when some parts of the public say "Hey! We know we...
Damn Gary - how I wished you lived inside the Seattle City limits. I'd demand you run for City Council/SPMA - both at same time - and then later I'd probably...
The race for the two publicly elected positions on the new Seattle Popular Monorail Authority (http://elevated.org) board has attracted 14 candidates, even...
Michael: I sincerely appreciate your comments regarding the maximization of consensus, but I would counter that it simply is morally reprehensible to demolish...
Jpsher: Actually, I think everyone knew I was talking about censorship on the board. Why did you delete the message to which I replied? You must think you're...
... the ... The membership in an egroup is voluntary - it doesn't prevent one from saying the same thing over and over somewhere else as evidenced by this very...
... monorail" for this ... wanted to ... thought ... now -- the one you ... monorail? As ... enemies? KEVIN - 'friends of the monorail' has existed long...
I think there is ... not a ... KEVIN - As I said to 'modernist' I still think this is a matter of degree, and all "FOMs" have their preferences and points of ...