Va. Beach council agrees to pursue light rail financing

http://hamptonroads.com/2012/11/va-beach-council-agrees-pursue-light-rail-financing


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ANOTHER VOTER WHO DIDN'T READ THEIR BALLOT.....

Submitted by Graphix on Tue, 11/27/2012 at 11:11 pm.

So says you...
Reasonable is a relative term. You say the project is contingent on fed financing for the deal to be considered reasonable. I say that the question that voters approved says whatever is deemed reasonable by our elected officials. If the project can be funded by raising local taxes so be it. The people voted for this projected, overwhelmingly approved it and now the people want this project. Every option should be considered. If this costs more in taxes so be it. Perhaps the people of Va Beach will take a better look at what it will cost for projects in the future before they start voting yes. The cost should be spread evenly through sales taxes and local taxes. Some lessons are best learned where it hurts most, the pocket.

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Sorry guys

Submitted by hwatkins on Tue, 11/27/2012 at 9:56 pm.

The voters overwhelmingly rejected every single one of your negative candidates and passed light rail. Desteph and Moss will likely be unseated in two years if they are foolish enough to run.
Keep crying all you want, but your relevance is limited to your posts on newspaper articles. The majority of the taxpayeing voters in VB have spoken against you.
Let's get positive and work on LRT!

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sour grapes

Submitted by VBCitizen00 on Wed, 11/07/2012 at 1:47 am.

This was a record turn-out....perhaps the biggest in VA history! Stop whining and graciously admit that the vast majority of us want LR

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funny

Submitted by 757HR.com on Wed, 11/07/2012 at 2:24 am.

thats funny. In 1999, the referendum lost with only 56% of voters in opposition. The anti Light Rail crowd claimed that 56% was a referendum that should last indefinitely. How come 62% is not enough?

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Submitted by VBCitizen00 on Wed, 11/07/2012 at 1:45 am.

Its time to graciously admit defeat....65-35 ?? The public has spoken ....As predicted, most people see the benefits of LR and the huge cost savings over building roads...
Time to admit defeat anti-crowd...Crushing victory for LR!! All-aboard!

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Read slowly, Anonymous.

Submitted by evilrobert on Thu, 11/08/2012 at 2:47 pm.

You obviously missed the "Our city begins LRT construction in 2013." part. Boston runs 248,000 daily ridership on the MBTA Green Line. Portland has half a million in population (easily surpassed by the combined numbers of Virginia Beach and Norfolk), and has 132,000 daily riders. The issue is, the opposition to light rail (yourself included, apparently) fail to grasp that people will ride the train against your will if the track goes places that they want to go. A large portion of 5,000 people a day from mostly Virginia Beach seem to have no issues driving to the edge of Norfolk, parking, and catching the train into downtown. How many more would park at Town Center, or somewhere further down the line to avoid having to drive to Newtown?

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