Comments on: Pro-Streetcar Group Announces Formation

By: overtaxed

overtaxed — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:38:00 +0000

The bottom line is that there is enough opposition to this project by taxpayers who don’t want $250 million spent, that the simple solution is to let the citizens vote on this. Why won’t the Board do that? They are stifling democracy. I don’t care that the project has been discussed and “decided upon” for the last 10 years, the citizens have not been asked or had the chance to vote on spending a huge chunk of their taxpayer money. Yes it is OUR taxpayer money, it doesn’t matter where the funds came from.

By: Pete B

Pete B — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:14:00 +0000

The public was never given a vote on streetcar funding. On purpose. The funding arrangement is designed to avoid having to ask citizens for money. Too risky. Might have failed.

By: Pete B

Pete B — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:12:00 +0000

Josh, I’m not sure I agree that it won’t happen without federal funds. My impression is that the Board really wants it and will get the money come hell, high water, or worse, another bond issue that will leads to millions more in annual debt service payments, crowding out other priorities.

By: TheDelRay

TheDelRay — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:58:00 +0000

bump streetcars we need a bullet train and homless shelters

By: Dezlboy

Dezlboy — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:20:00 +0000

@novasteve. the most republican county in VA is Scott County, Virginia. Not to be rude, but why don’t you move there, so you can stop complaining? I bet you don’t answer, you never do.

http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=109325.0(McCain 70.68 – Obama 27.59 = R + 43.09)

By: Dezlboy

Dezlboy — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:16:00 +0000

@novasteve, hint….calling people “snobs” doesn’t help your argument.

By: JustMe

JustMe — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:31:00 +0000

I have an idea, lets not spend $250 million on this trolly we don’t need, not lay people off, and not raise our taxes. How sad we don’t have a vote in how our money is spent. I have not voted for any of our board members in 20 years, and never will. Too bad they keep getting elected.

By: novasteve

novasteve — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:37:00 +0000

Drax, is the trolley going to have it’s own generators/power supplies and backups? And does the trolley have a third rail or does the power wire dangle in the air?

By: Zack

Zack — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:24:00 +0000

Are the major proponents of the street car the new developers on the Pike?

By: novasteve

novasteve — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:00:00 +0000

Yeah, but when everyone in the county government IS a democrat, guess what gets put on the ballot?