pudge's Journal: Democrats Fail on U.S. 2 Safety

When the Democrats on the House transportation committee refused to vote on three proposals to fund U.S. 2 improvements that are intended to save lives, Democrats said ""We are going to do something on Highway 2 this session in our budget."

Today we find out what they put in the budget for U.S. 2: one mile of passing lane.

In a transportation budget of $7 billion dollars, a mere $5 million -- 0.07 percent of that budget -- is going to fix what Rep. Dan Kristiansen correctly calls "the state's deadliest highway" ... on a small stretch of that highway that has never experienced a fatality.

That's "something," alright. I am not quite sure what it is, but it's "something."

Democrats tell us that we should vote for Democrats if we want to see U.S. fixed. My question is simple: on what basis should we believe they would, when they are in power, and don't?

Cross-posted on <pudge/*>.

Par for the course on transportation

[ces]

Sadly this seems to be more of the same from the Legislature (no matter which party is in charge) on not actually doing anything about real transportation issues in the state.

I mean why did it take a near meltdown in the ferry system to get money for boats everyone has known needed to be replaced for 20 years?

Frankly the voters need to hold their legislators feet to the fire a bit more. I don't necessarily mean by voting in someone new but by organizing, writing letters, showing up at committee meetings, et

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[pudge]

Frankly the voters need to hold their legislators feet to the fire a bit more. I don't necessarily mean by voting in someone new ...

Yes, because they are Democrats and so are you. Me? I think we should vote them out. :-)

But seriously, yes, all representatives need their feet held to the fire, always. The reason the Republicans in WA and DC fell apart is because Republicans and conservatives got them a majority, and then said, "well, our job is done" and left them to their own devices, which led to both not doing what they should have been doing, and doing many things they shouldn't have been doing.

Same thing with the Dems. The prob