Comments on: Liveblog: The Vote (soon now)

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:42:45 +0000

Sims and Hammond are set to receive a bunch of brand new buses under W’s rail-robbing Urban Partnership program…but if I remember correctly, the Feds won’t allow their money to be used for operating funds.

And it’s operating funds Sims is short on.

Sims voted no, anyways. But he now has an excuse.

By: Ben Schiendelman

Ben Schiendelman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:39:18 +0000

I’ve got video right now. It comes and goes.

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:23:41 +0000

Hahaha, oh man, Hammond I could kiss you right now! Yes, bus service sooner is a good idea if it cuts argument and gets the state on board.

Ron Sims did himself no favors by calling his own bus service’s capabilities into question and Hammond proved this by stepping into the middle-ground so openly.

By: Oran

Oran — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:23:23 +0000

I finally got in to the stream. Seems like they cut the video out.

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:21:26 +0000

I’m so freaking on edge right now it took me an extra minute to make copies.

Oh man oh man oh man oh man.

By: John Jensen (rizzuhjj)

John Jensen (rizzuhjj) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:16:52 +0000

JC, government in action.

By: Ben Schiendelman

Ben Schiendelman — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:08:55 +0000

That money was eaten by doubling fuel costs.

By: Daniel K

Daniel K — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:47:12 +0000

So this is how Sims planned to get his funding? What about the money that was already accounted for to pay for Sim’s buses?

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003710441_buses17m.html

i.e. federal grants, combined with a local sales-tax increase approved by voters in 2006.

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:41:49 +0000

I still cannot believe the gall of Sims and Hammond. They are willing to raise doubt about KC Metro’s ability to run bus service just to scuttle ST 2.1?