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Old Posted May 13, 2016, 3:38 PM
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Originally Posted by nixcity View Post
In other transportation news, the UTC is still pushing hard to get rail on this year's ballot, hope is still alive.
http://keyetv.com/news/local/austin-...ight-rail-bond

http://kxan.com/2016/05/12/after-def...ustin-returns/
The voters will not go for it. They will never go for it, because it will directly increase their taxes too much. It's about the $. It's always about the $.

For a BILLION dollars, COA could create their own TNC company, buy a fleet of electric cars from Elon, house the ALL the homeless, and still have enough left over to give themselves a well deserved bonus.

I will gladly wager $100 (and I'll give you 2 to 1) that if rail comes up on a city wide ballot again this year, it will be defeated. Kevin can hold the money via Venmo. (that's what moderators do right?) We can use the money to pay for a couple rounds at the next Forum happy hour. Any takers? I doubt it.
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