keepkalm
Joined 15 years ago
Joined 15 years ago
Also, please consider this is just for registering the vehicle, gas taxes actually pay for road use.
That is the most interesting thing that could happen at least.
They aren't "required" to use that schedule, it sounds like they are the only ones using it, and Sound Transit wrote the legislation.
So I really don't understand your point. Sure we need transit, but the ends don't justify the means.
“Sometimes if you don’t think to ask the question, you make an assumption, because it’s not even on your radar screen,” said Clibborn, D-Mercer Island.
http://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article1...
Your opinion may be clouding your judgment. It's not right to inflate the value because you can't pass a higher rate with legislation. This is why a lot of people don't support transit, because the people advocating it can't be honest.
This is also why Washington State voters keep passing a cap on the car tab fee. Like it or not, the voters of the state still get to decide on the rules that govern them. They agreed to a rate increase on the fair-market value of their vehicle, not for Sound Transit to charge whatever they want because they lost some grant money.
It was dishonest at best, at worst it's a fraud.
It would be near impossible to navigate Metro, SoundTransit, and surrounding transit agencies without OneBusAway or Google Maps. Idk, SoundTranist also tried a massive money grab on car tabs on inflated valuations. They are doing just as much to undermine support for transit as anyone.