Voters’ Pamphlet Candidate Statement

 

It’s May 19^th, and Candidates Filing has closed.  This year I filed for Bellevue City Council Position No 7, again with no desire to win but to use Voters’ Pamphlet to attract views to this blog.  A blog that began because the Bellevue City Council, beginning in 2008, had ignored my efforts to convince them to disallow the building permits Sound Transit needed for East Link.  A blog that continued attempting to expose the Seattle Times Traffic Lab abetting Sound Transit incompetence. This year it’s to use Voters’ Pamphlet to tell Bellevue residents what they can expect as a result.

 

Voters' Pamphlet Candidate Statement 

My candidacy is an attempt to attract voters to my blog http://stopeastlinknow.blogspot.com detailing what Bellevue residents can expect from Sound Transit.  

 

Next year the ST Starter Line will replace ST550 to South Bellevue P&R.  Access will be limited to those within walking distance of Bellevue T/C and East Main station. Riders will be required to transfer from light rail to and from buses at the South Bellevue P&R for the commute into and out of Seattle.

 

In 2025 ST’s East Link debut will end ST550 and force all I-90 bus riders transfer to light rail on Mercer Island for the commute into and out of Seattle.  It’s the “eastside” version of the ST plan to use “voter approved” extensions to replace buses into Seattle; reducing transit capacity into the city and nothing to reduce congestion. 

 

ST will use eastside taxes to help fund a 2^nd tunnel rather than use the existing DSTT for those wanting to go beyond CID.  The tunnel ends easy access to SeaTac and beyond, spending more than $12B and 6-10 years disrupting Seattle.  Part of the reason why the $54B ST3 funding voters approved in 2016 has grown to $160B and continues to grow.