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Telling Voters the Truth About Proposition 1
Deja Vu All Over Again:
Ron Sims says No to Prop 1 Do-Over
Seattle Times of 23 July 2008
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THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST NO TO PROP 1:
VICTORY IN NOVEMBER 2007!
56% SAY NO TO PROP 1!
THANK YOU, VOTERS & SUPPORTERS!
SELECTED ARTICLES FOLLOW - NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED.
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King County Executive Ron Sims on Prop 1:
So Much Cost to Do So Little
Seattle Times of 27 September 2007
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NoToProp1.Org is based on the work of transportation professionals--researchers, engineers and economists--who have nothing personal to gain from the huge flow of tax dollars required by Prop 1. They know solving a problem takes more than just throwing Prop 1 money -- $107 billion -- at it.
The texts of the NoToProp1.Org Voters Pamphlet Statement and NoToProp1.Org radio follow. Links to the sources of specific information cited, to other research, and to our research associates are in the red column on the right of your screen. We have also included links to other Prop 1 opponents, and to historical data on the 2007 Prop 1 vote.
We also provide links to the government agencies that want so much of your money--so you will hold them accountable--because once started, there is no stopping Prop 1 taxes--even if the projects are never completed or don't work as promised. Prop 1 is One Big Open Ended Tax Increase, but the track record of these agencies is to levy taxes, and not complete projects at all, much less on time or within budget. That's a big reason--a $107 Billion reason--we say No to Prop 1. We can do more, now, better and with less.
Text of NoToProp1.Org Radio
Lately, seems everyone's asking my opinion. I know what that means.
They want my money. Like Sound Transit. Do I prefer to spend billions here or billions there?
So no matter what I say, what they'll do is raise my taxes.
After voters said "No to Prop 1", what I really want to say is, "No to More Promises."
Can you name one promise Sound Transit's made, and kept? Remember their Ten-Year Plan of 1996? It's billions over budget and at least ten years behind schedule?
Now, they tell us they'll surely finish, in another twenty years or so, if they can just double their part of the local sales tax.
So here's my opinion, Sound Transit. Finish what you started, first!
We need a plan that works, now, for all of us, not one that costs too much, does too little, and takes too long.
This message is from citizens like you at NoToProp1.Org, so more will know.
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2007 NoToProp1.Org Voters Pamphlet Statement
Prop 1 contains the biggest local tax increase anywhere in America, ever.
Prop 1 more than doubles--even triples--the average car license tab tax. Doubles the Sound Transit portion of the regressive local sales tax. And taxes you and your family---forever.
The tax bite is staggering: $157 billion over the next 50 years. That averages almost $2,000 per year for most households for the next half century. By comparison, voters said no to the Monorail when its understated taxes ballooned to $11 billion.
This is not a balanced plan. Only 10% funds roads. Just a fraction of that goes toward fixing dangerous bridges and crumbling freeways. Nearly 90% funds Sound Transit – which moves about 1% of all trips – while everyone else is stuck in even worse gridlock. With or without this plan, traffic congestion will still double by 2028 according to Sound Transit’s own documentation.
In 1996, Sound Transit promised completion of its Ten-Year Plan within budget by 2006. So what happened? Billions in cost overruns, 10 years behind schedule, transit use declining as a percentage of travel, traffic increasing, and global warming worsening.
That's why leading Democrats, Republicans, and the Sierra Club all oppose Proposition 1.
Don't be fooled -- AGAIN. Vote No to Proposition 1.