10-24-2014, 07:45 PM
(10-24-2014, 03:28 PM)nms Wrote: What would have been preferable: a direct referendum, or a less-than-desirable Council member who was elected as a protest vote?
There was never a meaningful referendum question to be asked, as The Record pointed out quite well when the issue was at Regional Council.
The kinds of transit referendums that have been useful are strict yes/no questions about new funding streams. E.g. do you support an extra sales tax of 0.5% to support a long-term transit plan (the details of which are decided separately). Once you get into shades of grey, you're mired in decades of decision-making and building nothing. Except more roads and sprawl, which apparently never need a referendum.