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Thanks, that's good info...

Posted by Dr.Vermin (aka Dr.Vermin) Nov 5 '10, 10:36

Even I wouldn't have expected it to have lost by that wide a margin.

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there was significant opposition in the Vancouver area because of their proximity to Portland - Guy Nov 5, 10:41 12
- this is one of two main reasons i oppose building a 3rd bridge between Portland & Vancouver - Guy Nov 5, 10:46 9
  - is this separate from the project to replace the current I-5 bridge? -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 10:47 8
    - yes, they want another bridge to alleviate congestion on I-5 and I-205 -- nm - Guy Nov 5, 10:54 7
      - I think that's silly. - znufrii Nov 5, 10:55 6
        
        public transit between Portland & Vancouver is a joke. - Guy Nov 5, 10:58 4
        
        iirc, Vancouver voted against getting MAX when they had first planned to bring the Yellow Line there - znufrii Nov 5, 11:01 3
        
        yep. they vote against all of their own transit measures too - Guy Nov 5, 11:03 2
        
        really, they just need to expand Tri-Met to include Vancouver, so there's a unified regional transit strategy. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 11:05 1
        
        Tri-Met has pulled way back because Vancouver refuses to fund it - Guy Nov 5, 11:07
        
        YES! that is the only sort of bridge i would support. either add it to an existing bridge or build a transit & pedestrian only bridge -- nm - Guy Nov 5, 10:56
- I'd hear about how much a Vancouverite was saving on taxes, and I'd always point out it was counterbalanced by living in Vancouver. -- nm - crash davis Nov 5, 10:43 1
  - heh. that used to be true, but this place has changed A LOT in the past 10 years - Guy Nov 5, 10:49
proving the saying that the only bad tax is a new tax. -- nm - znufrii Nov 5, 10:39 5
- Hmm. I do have to point out that Google returns zero results for "only bad tax is a new tax". -- (link) - Dr.Vermin is just sayin' Nov 5, 10:52 4
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    - This sounds reasonable. Like the 'frog in a pot of slowly boiling water' analogy. ;) -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 5, 10:59 1
      - that Bill Gates was a prominent supporter of 1098 says a lot to me - Guy Nov 5, 11:05
  - maybe those weren't the exact words... - znufrii Nov 5, 10:54

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