Ballot-measure boo-boo

Somebody at the pro-Seattle Prop 1 HQ must have thought it would impress us in West Seattle if they mailed us a big glossy color pamphlet telling us where in WS we might see benefits if the Prop 1 property tax passes. Just one little problem. If you got this pamphlet, take a look at the left side of the map inside — it suggests that Prop 1 will provide $ to “repaint crosswalks at the California/Alaskan Way Junction.” Hellooooooo? Alaskan Way is the street that runs along the foot of that viaduct thingy that is NOT included in Prop 1 (as the back of the flyer seeks to reassure us); at The Junction, Cali intersects with ALASKA STREET. The pro-Prop 1 website is a little odd too. Check out this page … did they simply run out of space at the bottom when it came time to talk about trees?

eric October 31, 2006 (8:48 am)

Painting crosswalks? We are being asked to pay more taxes to paint crosswalks? Why not, we are held hostage with Medic 1 all the time. Isn’t this why we already pay taxes?? Time for the government to re-focus on core services and come to us for more money when they want to do something outside of these basic government services – not the other way around!

Ari October 31, 2006 (10:03 am)

We need more crosswalks down California avenue overall. I jaywalk myass everyday across Cali avenue because crosswlaks are rare. Right now there is a crosswalk available maybe every 1/4 of a mile on California Ave. Its a big liabilty to the city if someone doesn’t have a safe place to cross and gets killed by a motorist. Lawyers would point this out as part of an argument. What’s a pedestrian supposed to do when their destintaion is right across the street but a crosswalk is nowhere to be found nearby. the city is at a bi time risk here and knows it and is lucky that no one has been killed yet on Califonia avenue due to lack of crosswalks. To me, its money well worth spent for the safwety of pedestrians. California avenue is one of the busiest streets in all of Seattle.