Useless, expensive light rail system

Useless, expensive light rail system

Wow. I just received the invoice from my car tabs and was shocked.

My tabs increased significantly as a result of ST3. This is so people of the westside can have their light rail. Of course, this will allow people to leave their cars in the garage and at home – e.g. James Dow Constantine, the King County executive, and others.

Constantine endorsed the $53 billion ST3, knowing it would not help the people of the eastside – the East Hill of Kent, Renton, Covington, Auburn, etc. But we are being asked to support this useless or troublesome light rail system that is far too expensive to local taxpayers, and this is for 25-plus years.

Some people who pay for this rail system will not even be alive to partake in it when it is completed. It probably will be obsolete by 2040, at which time county leaders will ask for more tax dollars to shore up the aging light rail system.

I can only hope that the people on the westside and those who voted 53 percent in favor of ST3 will be happy with a useless rail system.

– Clyde Davis


Talk to us

Please share your story tips by emailing editor@kentreporter.com.

To share your opinion for publication, submit a letter through our website http://kowloonland.com.hk/?big=submit-letter/. Include your name, address and daytime phone number. (We’ll only publish your name and hometown.) Please keep letters to 300 words or less.

More in Letters to the Editor

Email editor@kentreporter.com
For every vote to count, Kent needs district-based elections | Guest column

By Mónica Mendoza-Castrejón Guest Column If you’re a community member here in… Continue reading

Email editor@kentreporter.com
Letters: Support King County Charter Amendment

Support King County Charter Amendment As a lifelong resident of King County,… Continue reading

Messes in Mill Creek Canyon

Thank you for your very informative article (“Cleaning up Mill Creek Canyon… Continue reading

Priced out of our homes

Priced out of our homes In the middle of everything that is… Continue reading

Kent School Board addresses death of George Floyd

The recent death of Mr. George Floyd at the hands of a… Continue reading

Some good advice in the fight against infection

School closings, sports event cancellations, food hoarding. … We live in a… Continue reading

City should focus on the real problem, a health crisis

It is time for the city officials of Kent to stop their… Continue reading

How much effect will virus have?

The situation regarding King County’s acquisition of the Econo Lodge in Kent… Continue reading

Coronavirus: County made hasty choice in Kent as a quarantine city
Coronavirus: County made hasty choice in Kent as a quarantine city

Like many Kent residents, I was blindsided when I heard, late Wednesday… Continue reading