Sound Transit - New Plan Coming to November Ballot

A trimmed-down version of the rejected 2007 Sound Transit plan will be back on the ballot this coming November. Thankfully it once again offers some transit relief to the Eastside.

But the controversy over this measure doesn't seem to end. Ron Sims, King County Executive, is the only member on the Sound Transit Board against the ballot measure, saying it's too early to put the proposal to voters. Greg Nickels, Seattle Mayor, dukes it out with Ron Sims in this Editorial.

From my point of view, we cleared this dinner table back in the 1930s when the Interurban Rail Line with abandoned - a point made more real down at the south end of Boeing Field when the new Light Rail crosses over the old Interurban right-0f-way. Now it's going to take a lot of effort and money to set the table again and get back to the point we were when the tracks were pulled in favor of busses and cars. Why wait? We'll have to pay no matter what...it may as well start now.