This shouldn't be necessary: Light rail critics begin petition campaign

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As I've stated, Commissioner Marc Boldt has violated his promise to me to have a county-wide advisory vote on whether we want this colossal waste of money and assets.

Those living in Vancouver are sick of waiting, and are taking this situation into their own hands by circulating a petition to allow a vote on this project... something they should not have to do.

All of this noise is the result of 50 or so members of the downtown mafia who really don't give a damn what the people want. Those needing to get paid off want their cash; these slime (Like Tim "The Liar" Leavitt and Steve "Unmarked Bills, Mr. Barnett" Stuart) have to pay them off. That certainly doesn't leave any room for a mere issue like what the people might want.

The end result? All this discussion. A hundred million spent on a study with a pre-ordained outcome. The specter of a $100,000,000 per year being sucked out of our local economy; 65,000 commuters and their families hammered by $1300 per year or more in tolls and the outcome?

A bridge and loot rail project that might look pretty on post cards, but which will do not one damned thing to decrease congestion or increase freight mobility.

The powers that be, like Leavitt, Boldt and Stuart don't WANT us to have a vote. The LAST thing THEY want is to be confronted with the absolute knowledge that the majority of the over 400,000 people of this county do not want this project.

They, instead, want to wander around in their special interest fog with ear plugs and blinders firmly in place.

Wait and see. NO political figure in Vancouver will endorse the gathering of these signatures or the idea of this vote. And certainly, the cancerous paper of Clark County will condemn this effort loudly and longly, just like they did this groups efforts on downtown redevelopment.

Tom Mielke will certainly approve. But none of the others give a damn about what the people want.

Otherwise... why... they might actually have to reflect the will of the people.

And we certainly can't have that.

Can we?