New Poll
Erica Barnett links to a new poll out from UW, including, among other things, more Prop 1 polling! It looks like it’s going to come down to the wire, but it also looks more favorable than the King 5...
View ArticleVote!
Most people have probably mailed in their ballots already, but in case you haven’t, you should go to the polls and vote today. Our Prop. 1 coverage can be found here. Vote yes!
View ArticleVote Yes
Well, since I lumped him in earlier with The Stranger’s no-on-Prop-1 endorsement, it only seems fair to note that Dan Savage is quite assuredly voting yes on Prop. 1, and he’s got the photographic...
View ArticleProp. 1 Aftermath: The Vote Goes Down
Well, last night was certainly disappointing. I have to hand it to the “no” campaign. They were outspent and outgunned and still they won. I was naive to underestimate their ability to corral everyone...
View ArticleGoing it Alone
Surprise! Pierce County may decide to build those roads anyway: The defeat of Proposition 1 would allow Pierce County to break away from King and Snohomish counties and present its own road package to...
View ArticleExit Poll
With Prop. 1 defeated, the debate is underway to define what it all means. First up is the Sierra Club, with an exit poll that they claim shows that the roads portion was the real drag on the ballot....
View ArticleAnother Prop 1 Survey
This time, commisssioned by Sound Transit, and starring your well-informed electorate: Among the poll participants who had voted no on Proposition 1, three-fourths cited “no cost control” and “cost too...
View ArticleSupport Mass Transit
Now in internet form. The web site’s pretty bare-bones right now. I hope they take a page from Honolulu’s playbook.
View ArticleDown the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy
Sometimes it’s hard to be a supporter of “19th-century choo-choo trains.” You read enough goofy op-eds and nasty blog comments, and you start to wonder, “am I crazy to think that improving America’s...
View ArticleProp 1 needs to pass
Apparently, I’m the first to post this article. Crosscut’s David Brewster has a good article on what the dangers of Prop 1 failing this year might be. There’s a good chance the Proposition 1 ballot...
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