Erstwhile Pollard clone Tim Leavitt continues to ignore his duty to the people he would govern by insisting, not on a vote to allow those he would govern a voice in this horrific waste of money; but instead, on wasting as much money as possible!
Leavitt has shown himself to be, well, "fiscally challenged." Best known for referring to billions of taxpayer dollars as "measly," he simply seems incapable of either understanding that we, the people, do not WANT this massive, unconscionable waste of money to be built; we do not want to pay tolls that should not want to be tolled... and we DO want a third bridge... and we DO want a vote!
These positions disqualify him from holding ANY elected office; but his transportation positions generally should make him subject to psychiatric examination.
This pig has 3 through lanes on it and loot rail. Loot rail is, of course, the only reason these egomaniacs are ignoring the people and ramming this colossal waste of money through. The CURRENT bridge has 3 through lanes on it and no light rail. It doesn't require any genius to see the crux of the matter.
Let's remember: THESE people are not going to have to pay hundreds of additional dollars to go to work every year. They intend to make US pay it. And our local government has shown it to be so easy to rip us off for their purposes.
Even SEATTLE, of all places, put the Alaskan Way Viaduct to a vote. One has to wonder: how is it that Seattle, hardly the bastion of democracy or property rights, would put the Viaduct to a vote while the Taliban City Council of Vancouver acts as if our say-so is completely unimportant?
Leavitt and Pollard are embarrassments to our community. Legislatively, you can't tell them apart (which, of course, doom's Leavitt's candidacy) and if only someone could come along to get rid of BOTH of these reprobates... imagine how much better our community would be.
And, Mr. Leavitt... I'm still waiting, after 3 weeks, for you to provide an explanation of where I have engaged in "serious misintrepretation," or where I've "taken you out of context." In fact, the whole world wonders.
Vancouver council likes wider bridge
City staff says 12 lanes is the best choice for traffic
Monday, February 2 9:43 p.m.
BY JEFFREY MIZE
COLUMBIAN STAFF WRITER
A month’s delay isn’t expected to change the Vancouver City Council’s position that a new Interstate 5 bridge should have 12 lanes.
A bistate committee was scheduled to make a final recommendation Friday, but that decision has been postponed until March 6, primarily to give Oregon officials more time to sort through the issue.
Council members were united Monday for building the bridge with six lanes in each direction, three for through traffic and three for vehicles entering and exiting the freeway at interchanges.
“If I have to hold my breath and stomp my feet, I will get to that later on,” said Mayor Royce Pollard, who represents the city on the Columbia River Crossing project’s sponsors council.
City transportation managers walked the council through a four-page memo Monday that summarizes the implications of building a bridge with 12 lanes, instead of one with 10 or eight lanes.
Matt Ransom, city transportation manager, said a 12-lane bridge performs better in every aspect of traffic management.
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