The propagandists at The Zero are baying again: if you support giving people a vote, then you're "anti" - whatever the current scheme happens to be.
Provided it reaches the ballot and is approved by voters, it not only could jeopardize $5 million in city funding for the project, but also tie Milwaukie officials' hands concerning future maintenance or improvements to the line. Totally ignored is the novel concept that if people don't want it, then politicians have no business forcing them to pay for it. "Reporterette" Molly makes it very clear that everybody should want light rail - only idiots would oppose the vision of the "planners". Light rail, after all, is "progressive", and the wave of the future.
Only complete morons would support the idea of giving citizens the right to vote on whether or not their money should be "invested" in "infrastructure" that is so very obviously critical to the creation of jobs in the 21st century.
Heck, other countries are so far ahead of us at this point that America may never catch up! North Korea has trains, for cryin'outloud.
Reporterette Molly was taught to hold her values when reporting.
Otherwise, her reportage would be "valueless." Funny, she can't even see the irony.
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Posted by: TMI | January 16, 2012 at 07:37 PM
The problem with voting is that the People get it wrong so many times. Here in CA, we voted a few propositions in, then the courts decided that we got it wrong, so they undid the laws.
Our Gov Moonshine is going to ask us to vote in some new tax increases next election. Most likely, we're gonna figure that someday he'll have to make do with what he's got and tell him to go take a hike. The courts will inevitably decide that we got that wrong, too.
But we keep at it.
Posted by: ZZMike | January 17, 2012 at 01:22 PM
TMI: ya gotta give Molly points for perky!
ZZ: That's why the Court based in CA is referred to as the 9th U.S. Circus.
Posted by: Max | January 17, 2012 at 02:56 PM