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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Light rail wars

I don't know how this light rail debate has turned into yet another  Democrat vs Republican battle. There are so many reasons to oppose the light rail fetish that it's very disappointing to see the debate turn into another  liberal vs conservative paradigm. 


The state Senate on Monday approved a bill that would prevent property from being seized for public use and then transferred to an agency of another state -- taking square aim at a controversial agreement signed by C-Tran and TriMet last year.
Senate Bill 6125, introduced by state Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, cleared the Senate on a mostly partisan 25-23 vote. It now heads to the House.

It's unclear whether the bill will go anywhere in the Democratic-led House. Rep. Jim Moeller, D-Vancouver, made his opposition clear in a Facebook comment posted to a Columbian article about the bill in January.
"If it does make it to the House," Moeller said, "I will kill it."



Benton's measure on eminent domain passes in Senate | The Columbian

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