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HOLD YOUR GROUND, SEATTLE!
March for the Monorail
Hold Your Ground, Seattle!
March for the Monorail
Saturday, Oct. 29, 11:00am
*Interbay: Parking lot immediately north of Q Cafe, corner of Dravus and
southbound exit ramp off 15th Ave. NW.
*West Seattle: Southwest corner of Alaska and California at Alaska
Junction
Walk the route today. Ride above it tomorrow.
Dear Transit Supporter,
You may not realize much will be lost if the monorail is voted down Nov.
8. We'll have to give up 14 miles of public right-of-way that has been
bought and paid for and which offers Seattle the best chance for
elevated transit in our lifetimes.
Please join us Saturday as we walk the proposed monorail route from
Interbay to West Seattle, flagging the route with signs and streamers
(green, of course) to remind people that the rail service they've
dreamed of is literally in reach -- if they say yes to the monorail.
Marchers will begin at the north and south ends of the line and meet for
a rally at the "sinking ship" parking garage at James and Yesler in Pioneer
Square (distance: about 5 miles). Feel free to stop and rest near any of
the monorail station sites -- we'll have literature for you to hand out.
This is an excellent opportunity to show people what's at stake in the
Monorail vote.
A no vote means the state Legislature will disband the Seattle Monorail
Project and sell off the land purchased for the route. But it won't mean we
stop paying the monorail MVET. Instead, the Legislature will likely design
a transit package of buses and streetcars to spend the money on. What we
won't get is elevated rail service that guarantees congestion relief. .
A yes vote puts the local leaders who share our dreams for an elevated
transit system back to work getting it right. The SMP board and the
Seattle City Council have the authority to refine the project until it
performs
as it should. A "yes" tells them to deliver; a "no" ends the discussion.
Ask yourself: Do you trust the Legislature to design your transit, or would
you rather empower local officials to build the elevated line they promised?
As for us: we'll take the land, and the local control.
Join us Saturday and show Seattle what the monorail decision is really
all about.
The 36th District Democrats
The 34th District Democrats
Kevin Fullerton, Sierra Club member
Scot Brannon, Sierra Club member
Cleve Stockmeyer, SMP Board member
Peter Sherwin, Transit Over Roads
Christian Gloddy, 2045 Seattle
Cary Moon, People's Waterfront Coalition
Posted on: 10/28/2005 6:19:21 AM
by suzie2004@comcast.net
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