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Originally Posted by emathias
just a few years ago Seattle had billions in monorail projects coming, approved by voters and, well, you can tell by the lack of monorail trackage in Seattle that voter approval doesn't mean jack there.
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The voters repealed the monorail. It was related to a significant overestimation of the revenue its tax would generate, and their reaction to the long-term financing the monorail agency presented in response. Basically it was the Denver problem but not spurred by the economy. Sound Transit is doing pretty well. Revenues have fallen a bit like they have everywhere, but they're still building most of the system, and doing it on a similar schedule. And the whole thing remains popular with voters.