Tag: proposition 1

November 9, 2011

Seattle’s Prop 1 soundly defeated

With about a quarter of registered voters counted, Seattle Transportation Benefits District Proposition 1 (AKA the car tab increase) is getting stomped 60-40. The proposition seemed like a long shot from the start, but I had hope it could squeak out a win if the pro campaign could get the message of faster transit and…
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tagged: neighborhood greenways, proposition 1, streets for all seattle, voting
November 7, 2011

Ballots are due tomorrow – Get your friends to vote yes on Prop 1

Only 20 percent of ballots have been returned, which is not necessarily a good sign for Prop 1. Prop 1 would fund road safety and repairs as well as transit improvements. The proposition did not poll well among some of the most “votey” demographics, such as the elderly. That means you need to work extra…
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tagged: proposition 1, voting
October 18, 2011

Tonight: Help Seattle Bike Blog adopt a Streets for All phone bank

Please join me tonight (Tuesday) from 5:30-8:30 p.m. as and I and other Seattle Bike Blog readers and Prop 1 volunteers adopt a phone bank to help pass TBD Proposition 1. We will meet at the Futurewise offices at 3rd and Marion in downtown Seattle (see below for details). Ballots will be in the mail…
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tagged: events, phone banking, proposition 1, streets for all seattle
October 14, 2011

That was fast: SEEC throws out Prop 1 opponents’ ‘frivolous’ claim

It didn’t take long for the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission to reject a complaint from Proposition 1 opponents Citizens Against Raising Car Tabs (CARCT, pronounced “car city,” I believe…) As Streets for All, Cascade Bicycle Club and Transportation Choices Coalition had anticipated, the commission found no foul play or reason to believe any taxpayer…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, proposition 1, seec, streets for all seattle, transportation choices coalition
October 13, 2011

Help Seattle Bike Blog adopt a Streets for All phone bank Oct 18

The day before ballots are mailed to Seattle homes, Seattle Bike Blog is adopting a Streets For All Seattle phone bank to help spread the word about Proposition 1, and we need your help! Join us October 18 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. (details below). The basic strategy behind the Streets for All campaign is to make…
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tagged: events, futurewise, phone banking, proposition 1, streets for all
October 10, 2011

Prop 1 opponents file ‘meritless’ SEEC complaint against Streets for All Seattle

Citizens Against Raising Car Tabs (who I appreciate for their refreshingly non-Orwellian name) have filed a complaint with the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission claiming that Cascade Bicycle Club and Transportation Choices Coalition improperly used taxpayer funds to donate to Streets for All Seattle, the pro-Prop 1 campaign. Anne-Marije Rook at the Ballard News Tribune…
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tagged: citizens against raising car tabs, proposition 1, seec