The Port of Seattle’s governing legislative body today joined with the city councils of Redmond, Kirkland, and Renton in urging a no vote on Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1125, which would jeopardize crucial transportation projects around the state by imposing senseless restrictions on tolling.
In a unanimous vote, the five port commissioners responsible for governing the Port (Gael Tarleton, Bill Bryant, Tom Albro, Rob Holland, John Creighton) adopted a motion urging Washingtonians to reject I‑1125 and emphasizing the importance of tolling to the future of the state’s highway system.
(Full disclosure: Port Commissioner Gael Tarleton also serves as President of NPI).
The motion adopted by the Port read as follows:
SEATTLE PORT COMMISSION MOTION
TO OPPOSE PASSAGE OF INITIATIVE 1125
OCTOBER 11, 2011
As the motion indicates, Keep Washington Rolling, the coalition working to defeat Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1125, is one of the broadest and deepest ballot coalitions in state history, encompassing business, labor unions, environmental organizations, civic groups, and the Democratic Party (NPI is a proud coalition member).
The reason so many different people and institutions have come together to stop I‑1125 is simple: it threatens our future. Our future prosperity. Our future mobility. Our future freedom. It is vital that we move forward with projects to repair and replace crumbling roads and bridges. I‑1125 threatens our ability to do that by crippling an important funding mechanism: tolling.
We urge all Washingtonians to join us in voting NO on I‑1125 this autumn.
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