Action Alert:
John Haley Presents Plan to Move Forward,
Ask the Mayor and City Council to Support Him!
John Haley, the Seattle Monorail Project director, presented a plan to move forward with the construction of the monorail. He believes given all the independent analysis we have received in the past few months that
The Green Line is sound public policy with a viable plan, no fatal flaws, and a history of strong public support. The entire voter-approved 14-mile Green Line can be built without increasing the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax (MVET) or other taxes.
Send a quick email to the Mayor and the City Council to share the good news and ask them to help him continue his work. Even if you’ve already contacted them, now is a good time to do so again.
We had fantastic turnout last night at what was a very important meeting. Hopefully our voices will be heard.
September 15th, 2005 at 12:09 pm
First, did you see that the P-I came out in favor of giving the SMP more time? (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/240699_smpplaned.html)
Second, what do you think of the Stranger’s proposal of writing in Peter Sherwin for board position #8?
(http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=23086)
September 15th, 2005 at 12:32 pm
That P-I editorial is fantastic news! Thanks for the tip Kate.
As for The Stranger endorsing a write-in for Peter Sherwin, I spoke to Peter last night and he was not only completely surprised by it, but has no interest in the position. Peter is a great voice in this effort, but it’s not the role he’s interested in. I would expect he’ll write a letter to The Stranger telling them so.
September 15th, 2005 at 9:21 pm
Fantastic work! Wonderful expression of a visonary younger generation. Keep it up!!
September 16th, 2005 at 2:09 pm
2:07 Friday
May is trying to kill the monorail. watch the Seattle Channel Now
September 16th, 2005 at 2:20 pm
Yep, just watched it. We’re going on the ballot one way or another. The Seattle Monorail Project is having a press conference at 3:30. We’ll do a post after that to let everyone know what’s going on.
September 16th, 2005 at 2:20 pm
I really don’t understand why the Mayor and so many people in Seattle can’t see how badly the city needs a good rapid transit system. It’s completely foolish! Having just moved from the east coast, a lack of rapid transit is one thing I truly hate about Seattle. What are these people thinking? This is an investment worth making.
September 18th, 2005 at 9:54 am
I just sent an e-mail. i think the crisis in funding is from the City/State/County Leaders not acting in the 60’s to built rapid transit as they clearly should have. So, we are paying inlfated dollars to build either the light rail or Monorail. To not act this time means the Ballard waterfront West Seattle corridor will never have rapid transit. Also, The Monorail would be a much easier platform to connect the Eastside with the City than light rail and is a viable option to complement light rail. Once everything is built, it should become one seamless system and only the Council, County and State working together will unclog our freeways.
September 23rd, 2005 at 8:42 am
I know it’s a long shot, but is there any way the people of Seattle can defeat Mayor Nickels in this election? Thousands of voters, monorail supporters and monorail opponents alike, are apalled by Nickels’ recent unilateral dictatorial decisions.
We should all rally behind the challenger, Al Runte. I believe that Runte is not especially fond of monorail, but he is likely to be at least slightly more open minded than Nickels. It would be useful if he would commit to not obstructing the will of the voters of Seattle.
For voters who don’t feel that Runte is sufficiently supportive of Monorail, how about writing in Kristina Hill for Mayor?
September 23rd, 2005 at 8:53 am
Keith,
You’re right in that there needs to be some sort of protest vote, but I’m not sure what that is. The mayor’s showing of around 50% is just laughable, but I’m not sure if he’s beatable.