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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN STOP THE ROUGES RUNNING TRIMET?

“Passage will do more than stop the Orange Line,” she says. “It will send a clear message that the voters have had enough of this irresponsible spending. Voters will make all future and final decisions on light rail.”
Asked for her perspective on the real motivations behind such seemingly implausible projects Barton says,  “All too often these big government projects are not about providing services to taxpayers but rather about building empires, growing government and throwing money at the next fad.  Light rail is a financial boondoggle that the planning class has invested in so deeply they cannot dig themselves out, despite its deep flaws and voter discontent.

Can Voters Slow Creeping Light Rail? | Mark Ellis | Northwest Free Press

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