How nice to see at last night’s C-Tran Board of Fools Meeting, Commissioner Tom Mielke continued his long standing advocacy for citizens of Clark County.
Unfortunately, it appears that Bill Ganley, Jack Burkman, Tim ‘the Liar’ Leavitt, Ron Onslow, Anne McEnerny Ogle and Ed Barnes turned their backs on the citizens and approved a Bus Rapid Transit line to run down Fourth Plain Boulevard.
Especially disappointing is Ms. McEnerny Ogle who ran for city council on a policy of listening to voters wishes before voting on transportation projects. She joined in with the other five in voting to deny citizens another vote on whether or not we want BRT, even though past votes have strongly indicated we do not.
Commissioner Mielke’s words above indicate he is one of the few that places citizens above special interests in Clark County.
In the nearly two hours of public comments, the only commenters speaking against the BRT and also running for office was 18th Legislative District Representative Liz Pike and candidate for the 49th Legislative District pos. 2 seat, Carolyn Crain, both of whom should be commended for excellent, well thought and expressed comments.
Funding for this latest boondoggle seems to initially come the the 2011 sales tax increase C-Tran received, based in large part on the following claims;
Sorry citizens of Battle Ground, La Center, Yacolt and Ridgefield, your representatives sold you out and now you get to pay for a project that will only run in Vancouver.
Don’t be surprised in the years ahead to see less bus service out your way, even though you will be paying more.
