Brad wrote on Mar 28, 2008 7:37 PM:
" I want to know how I get my money back? I paid ~$1200 to the city in license tab fees for the monorail joke. The city used all of public funds to purchase (evict) many respectable property owners. Only to turn around and sell the properties on the open market for a substantial gain a few years later. Important to note that the city did not offer the properties they forcibly purchased back to the original owners. They put the property on the open market, sold it, and made a lot of money.
And then the city gets to keep my money?
To top it off, the city (through the Landmark commission) is not allowing Benaroya to develop the now infamous Denny's location. The city purchased this property for the monorail joke only to sell it after the monorail failure a few years later on the open market for a huge profit to Benaroya. Now this city is not allowing Benaroya to develop the land?
Huh?!
Ugh, only in Seattle.
"
Tomas wrote on Mar 27, 2008 8:28 AM:
" Yes, I'd like to hear more about the "rapid transit" options from Ballard to downtown Seattle.
If I remember right the project was approved a couple of years ago and I don't see any increased bus service on route 15 that I take to and from work every day.
Hopefully this won't be another Monorail type issue.. you know, where voters vote "yes" 5 times over the course of 10 years and nothing gets built...
Then there's a forced vote just a few weeks after revised buget numbers come out and a "no" meant the entire project closed within 30 days.
Sure, there's a statue of Lenin over in Fremont but I wasn't aware that the democratic process of Voting had been replaced by comunism.
Thank you Comrad Nickels "
Lori Conzatti wrote on Mar 25, 2008 10:33 AM:
" Where can I learn more about how Metro plans on spending the money? I am on route 17 and recently attended the meeting about the need for bus service from Ballard to Golden Gardens. This is just one of the many transit needs for Ballard. "
