[nfbwatlk] State Budget Transit Funding

Ieweich IEWeich at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 14 21:59:52 UTC 2012


I sent an email to 
my rep: Drew Hanson.  Drew is on the House Transportation Committee.  Let's hope that he helps out.  

Ivan

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On Jan 14, 2012, at 2:19 PM, "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:

> Very well. As I say, I sympathize. Good public transportation helps all those who cannot drive. I only doubt that we'll get an optimum funding solution this legislative session.
> 
> We can but try.
> 
> Mike
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of goldbeckjm at comcast.net
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 11:15 AM
> To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] State Budget Transit Funding
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> This was not my personal plea it came from Transportation for Washington.  Here is some information about them. 
> 
> 
> Transportation for Washington is working to build livable communities in Washington State by connecting people with transit to where they live, work, and play. 
> 
> A coalition effort led by Futurewise and Transportation Choices Coalition. 
> 
> http://t4washington.org/ 
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> 
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 7:02:30 PM 
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] State Budget Transit Funding 
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> Balance is in the mind of the beholder. I do not argue with your plea. But 
> the fact remains and will remain that the majority of voters drive, at least 
> as long as we tend to live in the burbs. So I suspect (especially this year) 
> that her request is about as good as we're going to see. 
> 
> Mike Freeman 
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of goldbeckjm at comcast.net 
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 11:17 AM 
> To: nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org 
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] State Budget Transit Funding 
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> 
> On Tuesday, Gov Gregoire proposed a $3.6 billion transportation package that 
> dedicates 72% to roads and 4% to transit. Amazingly this is a step forward 
> from the past, but well-short of being balanced. The legislature will now 
> consider the proposal. Please email your legislator and ask them to balance 
> the package and then pass it. 
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