The most expensive ballot proposition on the ballot this year – beyond the disaster of Jay Inslee seeking re-election – was Sound Transit’s $54 billion, 25-year light rail plan. Thanks to overwhelming … [Read more...]
Surprise, surprise – renewable fuels standard is failing
You might recall that in Jay Inslee’s “best-selling” book Apollo’s Fire (currently available for one penny), the former bulldozer driver predicted great things for cellulosic ethanol. In fact, he … [Read more...]
Turns out, I-405 tolls are failing
It was just a year ago that new tools on Interstate 405 caused a public uproar. Democrat politicians from Jay Inslee to State Rep. Roget Good man ran scurrying from responsibility, pretending they … [Read more...]
Sound Transit taking steps to destroy poor communities – in the name of progress
Sound Transit believers are reveling in the results from King County in favor of ST3 last week that will allow them to roll over Pierce County voters who voted “no”, and Snohomish County voters who … [Read more...]
Climate claim about ST3 turns out to be false
Regular Shift readers are well aware that there are a great many reasons to vote against the light rail boondoggle known as Sound Transit 3 – or Proposition 1. Chief among them: It takes too long … [Read more...]
Who knew singing about transit could be funny?
Cartoons and music go together – even before MTV – but who knew that they combined well with transit (and wasting billions of taxpayer dollars). Here’s a little ditty that came into Shift’s in-box … [Read more...]
Today’s big-spending liberals: Sound Transit 3
The first full weekend of general election voting is behind us, and the airwaves (and mailboxes) are starting to fill up with political ads. So, as a public service, Shift is providing you with a peek … [Read more...]
Sound Transit outside the Seattle bubble – what they’re saying in Snohomish County
The bureaucrats at Sound Transit have learned from past failures (see 1995, 2007) not to run a huge tax increase initiative when voters can really focus on it. Instead, always go on the ballot in a … [Read more...]
Sound Transit propaganda – your taxes are “free money”
The spin machine has revved into high gear at the Sound Transit campaign to pass the state’s largest-ever tax increase for the $54-billion-dollar boondoggle known as Regional Proposition 1 (or ST3). … [Read more...]
Seattle tax dollars at work – $74 million spent, traffic improved by 2 seconds
Many people are justifiably skeptical about promises made by the Seattle-centric folks at Sound Transit (ST). Maybe it’s because they’ve heard ST’s promises before, and found them false. Or, maybe … [Read more...]
Sound Transit: Fooling with the numbers
Sound Transit bureaucrats know they face an uphill task trying to convince the voters of the region to pass the largest tax increase in state history – a minimum of $54 billion – to spend at least 25 … [Read more...]
Sound Transit priorities for tax dollars: art “to pee on”
The folks at Sound Transit sure have a strange way of showing that they understand how hard people work for their money. At least, that’s how it seems when you consider how the bureaucrats running the … [Read more...]