Rep. Jim Jacks is new to the legislature. So, when he says that the measure “gives Clark County voters the final decision on the idea of creating a High Capacity Transportation Corridor area,” I can only think he's a liar... or he's stupid. If he's the former, that's too bad for the people of the 49th District, of Clark County and of this state.
Actually, if it's the latter, it's the same thing.
Rep. Jacks knows damned well that tens of thousands of Clark County voters who will be forced to pay this tax will have absolutely no say in whether or not it's implemented. To suggest that "Clark County voters" will make this decision is disingenuous at best.
So, when his seatmate, Rep. Jim "Hussein" Moeller, says the bill as an essential piece of the plan to build a new freeway bridge over the Columbia River, actually, what it is, is an essential piece of their scummy plan to ram an unwanted, monstrously wasteful bridge down the throats of 65,000 commuters and 400,000 residents of this county without a vote.
"The legislators said the project is essential to the economic recovery of Southwest Washington."
The legislators are liars.
Sucking $100,000,000 a year out of this county for tolls will do absolutely nothing to recover our economy. In fact, it will provide substantial damage to that already caused by the President with his multi-trillion dolar debt that he's hammered us with.
What it will do is reward Moeller and Jacks' political allies in the unions while they strive to waste $4 BILLION of our money so they can get light rail into Vancopuver... which is the entirety, begining to end, of the reason for this project.
These two make me ashamed of our Legislature... and the local government officials going along with this program equal a stain on democracy that will live forever on the local political scene.
Allow us a vote. Otherwise, democracy will have failed utterly in our local corner of this state.
House, Senate OK light rail tax bill
Several differences remain to be worked out
Monday, April 20 1:29 p.m.
BY KATHIE DURBIN
COLUMBIAN STAFF WRITER
Legislation that would let C-Tran ask voters whether they want to create a taxing district to support the operation of light rail in Clark County has now passed both the House and Senate.
But differences between the original Senate bill and the version passed by the House remain to be worked out, including a House amendment sponsored by Rep. Jim Moeller that would delay a vote on such a measure until July 2012.
Moeller and Rep. Jim Jacks, both Vancouver Democrats, hailed the bill as an essential piece of the plan to build a new freeway bridge over the Columbia River.
“The federal government has made it abundantly clear that any new bridge will not be built unless the plan incudes a high-capacity transit component,” Moeller said in a statement. “This legislation helps our county meet that requirement.”
Jacks stressed that the measure “gives Clark County voters the final decision on the idea of creating a High Capacity Transportation Corridor area.”
The legislators said the project is essential to the economic recovery of Southwest Washington.
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