Voters were unwilling to hand over all that money and had little faith RTID would hold together. With Seattle’s perfidy plain to anyone paying attention, their concerns were validated.

Seattle’s oligarchy will not support anything that does not directly benefit it. It’s fine for everyone to pay for their light rail access to the University of Washington and Sea-Tac Airport. But to expect Seattle to help pay for someone in Federal Way or Tacoma to have similar access is beyond the pale.

A city of less than 600,000 is dictating how the other 2.6 million area residents live their lives. They are happy to condemn millions of other people to being stuck in traffic for hundreds of hours per year.

Responsible Puget Sound Area governmental agencies (Pierce County, South King County cities, Eastside cities and Snohomish County) must come up with a transportation package that does not involve Seattle.

We would pay for the rail and road improvements we need and Seattle residents can pay for whatever they decide they need (more bike trails, access to the waterfront, etc.).

Seattle’s leadership got us into this mess. Its failure to follow mutual agreements has made it worse. We are left with getting Seattle out of the way, otherwise nothing is going to get done.