Re: Phoenix Loves Light Rail-This initiative was not to authorize projects, it was strictly to kill them....
Author: ron
Date: 08-29-2019 - 02:37
they have defended light rail. Now, they should speak for their commuter train!
BOB2 Wrote:
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> I believe this was an attempt to pass an
> initiative strictly to outlaw all future
> expansions of "evil" "gubmint" run rail transit in
> Phoenix. This was not an extension of the
> existing authorization, or a renewal of funding
> like "evil" SMART is going through.
>
> This was, if my understanding is correct, a
> campaign strictly to "stop" anything new and
> prevent any more future "evil" train lines from
> being constructed by the "evil" "gubmint" of
> Maricopa County and/or greater Phoenix, by a local
> voter initiative petition, which the Koch's have
> purportedly bankrolled with significant
> contributions.
>
> I believe that there may have been several
> election measures to authorize construction of
> phases of the project that were easily passed over
> the years, this isn't about that.