Hi all!
While I know some might be distracted by the GOP winning the US Senate (it sure
helps to have big corporations give you record amounts right before election
finance reforms close that loophole, doesn't it?), you should take some good
news with the bad.
Last night, Nov 5, Seattle voted to build a non-polluting quiet rapid transit
Monorail, while killing a state plan that would have doomed us to build more
roads for polluting cars for the next 40 years.
News sources:
http://www.thestranger.com - for Monorail details
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com - for news about the recent vote
Once again, with the help of Portland and San Francisco, Seattle showed that you
CAN meet and EXCEED the goals of the Kyoto accords, no matter what the right
wing regime in the nation's capitol does.
Oh, and there are now THREE hybrid cars for sale in the US today. So, if you
live in Seattle, you'll be able to ride your bike to the monorail and never ride
a car, or drive a hybrid and help with the monorail.
Action speaks louder than words.
Will Affleck-Asch
Seattle
we get things done while others talk
