There has been a lot of commotion regarding disbanding Sound Transit that the news hasn’t brought up as of late.
The following blogs have information in regards to this troubling news.
Seattle Transit – http://seatrans.blogspot.com/ (Battle Stations, Everyone)
Carless in Seattle – http://blog.carlessinseattle.us/ (Worrying hints from Olympia)
The Stranger Slog – http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/resolved_sound_transit_dissolved
If this bill gets signed, I will vote for anybody else but Gregorie, she will lose the election to Rossi, one way or another.
If this is their way to ensure that Sound Transit doesn’t come to a vote in November 2008, this is as low as they could possibly go. Btw, This would STOP the University Link from being built if this is approved.
I wouldn’t quite go as far as to say this would definitely kill University Link.
Theoretically, all of the staff, assets, and liabilities would just move over to the new organization.
However, there are tons of practical reasons that could cause an RTC to drop the ball on University Link. It’s a risk we don’t need to take.