Comments on: The City Council Just Screwed Us (But This Fight is Not Over) http://2045seattle.org/monorail/screwed/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:08:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Christian http://2045seattle.org/monorail/screwed/#comment-158 Christian Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:57:58 +0000 http://2045seattle.org/?p=75#comment-158 <a href="http://2045seattle.org/?p=76" rel="nofollow">Get together tonight at the Elysian</a> Stop by if you can. Get together tonight at the Elysian Stop by if you can.

]]> By: Josh Petersen http://2045seattle.org/monorail/screwed/#comment-157 Josh Petersen Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:05:50 +0000 http://2045seattle.org/?p=75#comment-157 We need to start putting real money into an effort to select a new mayor and a new city council. These folks blow with the wind - and they swapped sides because they think the voters won't hold them accountable. How about office hours for 2045 at a pub to start laying a foundation for a political action committee capable of raising and spending funds on behalf of urban transit. Also - just a suggestion here - 2045 does the lord's work by supporting the monorail, but what the city needs is a force to channel the generational issues into Seattle politics. Let's build something that can talk about the monorail, but also bike lanes, waterfront redevelopment, and other issues impacting long-term livability in Seattle. We need to start putting real money into an effort to select a new mayor and a new city council. These folks blow with the wind - and they swapped sides because they think the voters won’t hold them accountable. How about office hours for 2045 at a pub to start laying a foundation for a political action committee capable of raising and spending funds on behalf of urban transit.

Also - just a suggestion here - 2045 does the lord’s work by supporting the monorail, but what the city needs is a force to channel the generational issues into Seattle politics. Let’s build something that can talk about the monorail, but also bike lanes, waterfront redevelopment, and other issues impacting long-term livability in Seattle.

]]> By: Michael Taylor-Judd http://2045seattle.org/monorail/screwed/#comment-155 Michael Taylor-Judd Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:56:10 +0000 http://2045seattle.org/?p=75#comment-155 Folks can come join me for lots of beer at the Fremont Oktoberfest tonight! Drink your cares away... Well, okay, maybe not. But it's fun to commiserate together! Folks can come join me for lots of beer at the Fremont Oktoberfest tonight! Drink your cares away…

Well, okay, maybe not. But it’s fun to commiserate together!

]]> By: David http://2045seattle.org/monorail/screwed/#comment-154 David Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:17:17 +0000 http://2045seattle.org/?p=75#comment-154 Can you say political backlash will be the flavor of the month for Oct. On another note they went ahead and built two stadiums against the publics wishes to do so and they have been trying to cancel mass transit (monorail) against the peoples wishes.. Am I the only one who sees a re occuring theme here? Can you say political backlash will be the flavor of the month for Oct.

On another note they went ahead and built two stadiums against the publics wishes to do so and they have been trying to cancel mass transit (monorail) against the peoples wishes..

Am I the only one who sees a re occuring theme here?

]]> By: Chad Lupkes http://2045seattle.org/monorail/screwed/#comment-153 Chad Lupkes Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:08:09 +0000 http://2045seattle.org/?p=75#comment-153 Ok, look at this from a positive framing perspective. What the City Council did is cancel the ability for the Seattle Monorail Project to build the Green Line and send a recommendation to the Legislature to disolve the SMP. That does not kill the dream, that kills a million dollar sink hole that was preventing the dream from becoming a reality. Now we have an opportunity. Instead of dissolving the SMP, we should lobby the Legislature to merge the SMP with Sound Transit, giving them access to all the research done. The Green Line route still needs high speed transit. The monorail was the best option, but now we can explore more of them. Oh, and look at it this way. Now we won't have to tear down the original monorail! I never thought we should in the first place, and now it's safe. What do we want to see Seattle become over the next 40 years? I'll be 76 at that point, and I want to ride a fast transit line from anywhere in the city. I want to believe that I'll be breathing clean air, drinking clean water, and be able to look south towards Mt. Rainier and the skyscrapers and think "This is a beautiful city." I'll meet you on September 23rd, 2045 in Mertle Edwards Park. Are you with me? Ok, look at this from a positive framing perspective. What the City Council did is cancel the ability for the Seattle Monorail Project to build the Green Line and send a recommendation to the Legislature to disolve the SMP. That does not kill the dream, that kills a million dollar sink hole that was preventing the dream from becoming a reality. Now we have an opportunity. Instead of dissolving the SMP, we should lobby the Legislature to merge the SMP with Sound Transit, giving them access to all the research done. The Green Line route still needs high speed transit. The monorail was the best option, but now we can explore more of them.

Oh, and look at it this way. Now we won’t have to tear down the original monorail! I never thought we should in the first place, and now it’s safe.

What do we want to see Seattle become over the next 40 years? I’ll be 76 at that point, and I want to ride a fast transit line from anywhere in the city. I want to believe that I’ll be breathing clean air, drinking clean water, and be able to look south towards Mt. Rainier and the skyscrapers and think “This is a beautiful city.”

I’ll meet you on September 23rd, 2045 in Mertle Edwards Park. Are you with me?

]]> By: Matt Aldrich http://2045seattle.org/monorail/screwed/#comment-152 Matt Aldrich Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:41:49 +0000 http://2045seattle.org/?p=75#comment-152 I'd say lobby city council to do the independent financial audit of the current $7B with interest total finance plan. I’d say lobby city council to do the independent financial audit of the current $7B with interest total finance plan.

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