tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post8410096559644226680..comments2023-10-17T05:44:23.781-04:00Comments on COAST - Fighting for the taxpayers, not working against them!: Voters to have say on StreetcarCOASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-33713819258711912972011-01-27T01:05:38.135-05:002011-01-27T01:05:38.135-05:00Hey COASTers we are going to stop your charter ame...Hey COASTers we are going to stop your charter amendment from ever reaching a vote. People are too stupid to decide this issue for themselves. We are leading the fight to stop the right to vote!<br /><br />http://republicans4highertaxes.blogspot.com/2011/01/streetcar-opponents-try-to-derail.htmlRepublicans for Higher Taxeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08130573776285692406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-26828259457850510702011-01-26T18:38:43.891-05:002011-01-26T18:38:43.891-05:00But as YOUR side said Gordo, it wasn't about t...But as YOUR side said Gordo, it wasn't about the streetcar. It was about high speed rail, and the choo choo train and the Zoo, and if I recall correctly your sides signs said nothing about the streetcar. It was "For Cincy Jobs" remember?<br /><br />Hypocrite...Beff Jerdingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-35664885471252007162011-01-25T23:46:48.706-05:002011-01-25T23:46:48.706-05:00You're right, and as your side pointed out 10,...You're right, and as your side pointed out 10,000 times (and on your signs) it was to "STOP THE STREETCAR." I'll point out again, it didn't. What it did do was ask the electorate if they wanted to put an amendment to the city charter saying that any expenditure for any type of passenger had to be voted on individually. They voted that down by a wide margin, i.e. saying they Ronny Salernohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420637930256541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-47383729216395603572011-01-25T20:12:50.984-05:002011-01-25T20:12:50.984-05:00Issue 9, as your side pointed out 10,000 times dur...Issue 9, as your side pointed out 10,000 times during that debate, covered all passenger rail, not just the streetcar. <br /><br />This amendment affects the streetcar only. The voters have never had a chance for a straight up-or-down vote on the streetcar alone. Now they will, and they'll be free to support or oppose it.Forward Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04648549852953769466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-60621478622860333382011-01-25T19:46:00.323-05:002011-01-25T19:46:00.323-05:00I love how its supposedly all about the voters hav...I love how its supposedly all about the voters having a say, yet when you asked them if they wanted a say on individual rail projects - they told you no by voting down Issue 9. Now, you've ignored that and your Anderson Township lawyer and ex-councilman nut job had to come up with something else?<br /><br />It's not about the voters having a say, its about a special interest group gettingRonny Salernohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420637930256541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-6377696306222151932011-01-25T14:50:11.986-05:002011-01-25T14:50:11.986-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ronny Salernohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420637930256541noreply@blogger.com