Leavitt blows it: Rabid support of an unneeded I-5 Bridge replacement cements his worthlessness as an elected official.

As I pointed out a few days ago, Tim Leavitt, Vancouver City Councilman, has announced against "No Choice-Royce" Pollard, mayor of America's Gulag Vancouver.

I also pointed out at the time that there is nothing to distinguish the two from each other, save their age.

Both of these clowns are apparently quite convinced that their judgment is superior to, and supersedes the judgment of those they would govern. Neither has ever mentioned the idea of allowing the people of Clark County who would pay for this colossal waste to have the final word on whether or not we even want this... which, of course, we do not.

Both Leavitt and Pollard show the colossal arrogance endemic to past members of the city council, like Jim Moeller. In this edition of Pravda-Columbian, Leavitt is paraphrased as this:

Vancouver Councilman Tim Leavitt, who represents C-Tran on the 10-member sponsors council, was the only one who spoke up in favor of a 12-lane crossing, saying that he was not interested in compromising safety, congestion and economic prosperity.

That is a lie, of course, because nothing he can do will impact the "economic prosperity" of the tens of thousands using this colossal waste of money like slamming the workers with an additional $1200 or more a year they'll have to pay just to go to work. Apparently, Mr. Leavitt is not terribly concerned about the "economic prosperity" of the people of Clark County. Maybe, instead, he's only interested in the "economic prosperity" of the special interests that have him firmly in their pockets?

Leavitt's inability to extend democracy to the people by asking us if we want this bridge; his monumental arrogance in working to ram it down our throats; his total and complete Moeller-clonishness; his faux-Republicanism even as he endorsed Obama... his Pollard-mirror image on the issues that matter most... these things disqualify him from ANY elective office, let alone mayor.

Leavitt's cavalier attitude about both what the people want and where and how are taxpayer dollars are used is summed up perfectly in this quote:

“It’s frustrating to me that our Congress passed a $700 billion bailout for the financial sector and they couldn’t throw in a measly $3 billion for this immense federal asset for the West Coast,” said Tim Leavitt, a Vancouver councilman who will represent C-Tran on the 10-member sponsors council. “Please give us some money. Why do we have to beat each other up locally?”

A "measly $3 Billion?" Man... I'd heard that a billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon, you're talking about real money.

This is dangerous, monumental arrogance. And there is no place for it in any elective office.

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