Slog - Comments on That Lawsuit Against Sound Transit... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit The one I wrote about over here, in which longtime light-rail foe Will Knedlik claimed that the title and explanatory statement for this year's Sound Transit expansion measure misrepresented the true cost of the proposal and should include language calling the measure a "permanent tax," was dismissed with prejudice by King County superior court judge John Erlick, who said the ballot title "sufficiently informs voters where and how they can obtain more information and does not need to contain financial forecasts" about how the tax increase might be used in the future. Erlick concluded: "There is neither a factual nor... Copyright 2008 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:24:53 -0800 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:50:35 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Greg That is great. We should use that in the Prop. 1 campaign.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1137262 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1137262 City Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:25:15 -0800 Comment by curious So what's Plan B if this one doesn't pass?

]]> curious http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1137395 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1137395 City Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:16:09 -0800 Comment by AJ @2: Grab some boxes and help Microsoft move to the cool side of the lake?

]]> AJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1137466 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1137466 City Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:48:18 -0800 Comment by Dingus Khan Dude, we should try to roll in some kinda measure about funding more taco trucks. That would be awesome.

]]> Dingus Khan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1137532 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1137532 City Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:17:21 -0800 Comment by AJ I bet when Central Link opens, #4, we'll see more taco trucks surrounding those stations.

We better.

]]> AJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1137595 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1137595 City Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:50:06 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle On behalf of all the other Wills in Seattle, I'd like to thank the judge for slapping that Will upside the head.

Boo ya!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1138021 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1138021 City Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:57:23 -0800 Comment by clarity Kemper Palin

]]> clarity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1138069 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1138069 City Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:17:26 -0800 Comment by busman's holiday @2

plan B would be busses.

busses are overcrowded now. we need more busses. we need more frequency. we need shorter busses we need more express busses we need nicer first class busses we need to lower the cost of commuting serve commuters now and spending most of the dollars on large construction projects that don't bring serve for many years isn't what we need now when we have a population ready to jump up in transit market share, but not enuf busses now.

Also: busses can go everywhere. light rail as proposed only goes somewhere.

]]> busman's holiday http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1138413 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1138413 City Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:48:06 -0800 Comment by Greg @8: You're absolutely right. We should never build permanent infrastructure, because its benefits will be delayed by several years. We can't replace 520 or the Viaduct! People need to get through those corridors NOW!

Sadly, the reason we DON'T have permanent rail infrastructure right now is because people used the opposite argument 30 years ago - we shouldn't build it because nobody uses it right now. That turned out well, didn't it?

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1138536 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1138536 City Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:46:29 -0800 Comment by Molly McBee Two things are clear:
1. Mr. Knedlik is a very angry man.
2. Mr. Knedlik is fortunate that he has a steady target against which he can launch his venomous attacks. Otherwise, his head might explode.

What a sad way to for a man to live his life.

]]> Molly McBee http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1138768 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1138768 City Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:45:00 -0800 Comment by TheDude This so proves that there needs to ba a $1,000 filing fee for any lawsuit. How much public money and time is wasted by these anit-social nitwits like Knedlik.

]]> TheDude http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1138906 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/that_lawsuit_against_sound_transit#c1138906 City Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:50:35 -0800