Sound Transit’s latest scam, Sound Transit 3 (ST3), doesn’t give taxpayers living in East King County, South King County, and Pierce County a whole lot of bang out of their buck. Sound Transit … [Read more...]
Sound Transit’s ST3 campaign kicks off with deception & sketchy finances
Sound Transit has an uphill battle to fight if they expect voters to approve its latest 25-year, $50 billion scam, branded ST3. Sound Transit officials have multiple taxes they are trying to sell - a … [Read more...]
ST3 would result in sales tax rates as high as 10.4%
Guess what working families will get to contend with if voters approve Sound Transit (ST3) in November - a sales tax rate of 10% in much of the greater Seattle area and 10.1% in Seattle, that’s what. … [Read more...]
Sound Transit may not need new taxes to fund future plans
Sound Transit’s $15 billion new taxing authority demand continues to act as a roadblock in reaching a transportation agreement between the state Senate Republicans and state House Democrats. Based on … [Read more...]
Sound Transit gets early start for ST3 propaganda push
Based on the bi-partisan transportation package passed by the state Senate and the highly partisan proposal in the state House, it appears that Sound Transit will be able to ask voters for … [Read more...]
Sound Transit puts the ‘ST’ in ‘sizeable tax’ increases
It’s well-know that Sound Transit (ST) has an insatiable desire for more of your tax dollars, as the bureaucrats running the show try to figure out how to get more money for more trains and tunnels … [Read more...]
Democrat AG Bob Ferguson Celebrates Losing the $30 Car Tab Lawsuit
Democrat Attorney General Bob Ferguson sure is happy that he lost the lawsuit to protect the will of Washington voters for $30 car tabs. He was opposed to the car-tab initiative when it was on the … [Read more...]
Sound Transit true believers: “We can have everything.”
Seattle is getting increasingly…odd. Not in a “Keep Austin Weird” sense, but more of a “Is anybody in charge here?” kind of way. Consider: Downtown feels increasingly run-down, the city tolerated … [Read more...]
Lefties strain to say electing Sound Transit’s board is a bad thing
Whatever you think of Sound Transit and the role of light rail in the region, it’s hard to deny that the agency didn’t deliver in its early years. Projects approved by voters in Sound Transit’s first … [Read more...]
Election’s over, so Sound Transit’s coming back for more
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...]
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...]
The Daily Shift – October 24, 2016
It just wouldn’t be a Monday without another story about the corruption surrounding Sound Transit, this one from Seattle Times about how the campaign is mainly being funded by companies and unions … [Read more...]