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<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001qdWoOL8S2hlkqk68S9lOQg7gMgTZodplj3ukQvdiZsCb wk9evZ211kwN5bM2cEp-A8kaEOH2d3kZZ6-4ydo1-M4BIND2obUeYrXVd4iVUoYP6y4BV5fn3PW2 lQrjbv6SvudbgyLS9CwyC1fxsEskbufaIr9MoBSfG9T8y-x2RNiE2UGGJOYnUQ==&c=pbDGyz_dk EEe7Qs8C91JDSUp6mcV7i_LRxxNzYuc2V0b46N5AKyK2Q==&ch=pjyCNKj2YuvP1isCstGJvUmt0 ksLe0YXuN_8zIOEdE-0aK2AFUnG3Q==> April 24, 2014 Value the Vote What happens when politicians create a special new election date in order to place a tax increase before voters . when least expected? Did I mention that, as the Seattle Times reported, Proposition 1 "enjoyed massive support among politicians, labor unions, environmentalists, social-equity groups and business coalitions"? Or that the YES campaign outspent the NO side by $654,922 to a mere $7,700, a nearly 100 to 1 margin? <http://thisiscommonsense.com/images/KingCoMetro.png> The answer: On Tuesday, voters in one of the most liberal counties in America said NO. A solid 55 percent rejected the ballot measure. Proposition 1 would have hiked King County's 9.5-cent sales tax by 0.1 percent and imposed a $60 annual car-tab fee. The idea was to provide more funding for mass transit and local roads, with 60 percent of that revenue going toward the area's mass transit system. Transit officials argued that without the additional dough they'd have to make deep service cuts. "The voters are not rejecting Metro; they are rejecting this particular means of funding Metro," explained County Executive Dow Constantine. "We know the people of King County love and value their transit service." Love? Perhaps. Ridership is reportedly at a near-record high, about 400,000 a day. Value? Not so much. This very "progressive" electorate expressed, with utmost clarity, their unwillingness to pay higher taxes for transit. Further, there's an unmistakable signal in the refusal of King County Metro officials to consider raising the price of their beloved service to become sustainable. 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