Make me Rapid! (photo by David Seater)
Both I and a series of civically minded neighbors are putting together a fundraiser for yes-0n-Prop. 1 campaign. This measure will improve bus service, bike and pedestrian safety, and fix roads.
Prop. 1 won’t do everything that needs to be done, but it’s a building block to get us to a better city. I hope you’ll join us.
Event Details:
Date – October 20, 2011
Time – 5:30 – 7pm
Location – Watermark Tower, 6th Floor
1107 1st Avenue, SeattleSuggested Donation $60
Let us know you will be joining us! RSVP to Jesseca@wcvoters.org or call 206.321.7723.
Can you provide any more details about the fundraiser? Information seems awfully sparse…
What more do you want to know?
The link to Prop 1 says that this is for Boston??? Am I missing something?
Martin wanted to know if anyone actually read the posts and clicked on the link.
Try here.
I love that chart on the front page showing 49% is going to transit improvements. The No campaign is trying to play word games on us by saying Proposition 1 won’t put more bus *hours* on the road (and hopes we don’t understand that improved service can mean faster routes, more frequency, and more riders served and happier with the experience, all without increasing bus hours).
The right hand of the No campaign tells us the percentages should be different. The left hand tells us the percentages should be cemented in stone. The No campaign is a muddle of confusion, but then, trying to confuse issues is the way No campaigns win.
Another problem is there are two different “No” campaigns with slightly different motivations and goals not to mention the differences among those who make up each “No” campaign. This muddles the message even more.
Still as you say the mixed message really isn’t all that important, you simply have to create enough doubt in the mind of the voter that they check the “No” box.
The frustrating thing is that, if the money *was* going to service hours, the No campaign would be complaining about that, too! They’d say, “oh look, we’re just spending more money on the same inefficient service we have today”.
You just can’t win with these people.
“You just can’t win with these people.”
Raising “these people’s” taxes to pay for “your” wants is not a winner for “these people.”
You expected it would be?
Thanks, fixed.