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Originally Posted by N830MH
Good! They won't put on a ballots either. I'm so happy to keep light rail for a long time. I appreciate from the judge. We loves Light Rail very much.
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I think maybe you misunderstood this post above. The judge rejected the case and it is going to the voters again in August (unless the AZ Supreme Court hears the case which I am doubting at this point). We can only hope the voters are still wanting this and approve it AGAIN for the 5th time.
Speaking of this, a co-worker of mine lives West Phoenix and yesterday we got into a conversation about light rail. He is an opponent of it apparently and stated he doesn't want light rail in his area and will vote against it when it comes up on the ballots again. When I asked him as to why when 5 of his immediate co-workers use light rail to get to work. He gave me the usual reasons I was expecting (no one rides it, it's not safe to ride, all it does is bring crime, it lowers property values, etc.). He ended with saying, "I support it. I just don't want it in my neighborhood".
My response to him was "How many incidents have you read in the past couple weeks in the news about light rail?". His reply "None.". I then asked and how many news reports have you seen just this week alone about DUI's, wrong way drivers, pedestrians and bikers getting hit or killed by vehicles, cars driving around neighborhoods looking for homes to break and packages getting stolen?". He didn't say a word after that. I'm hoping I changed his mind.
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