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Anyone that has read any of my posts should realize that I am a small government/low tax kind of guy.

That said, I am also a heavy road user, and frustrated driver.

So, I was really on the fence over Prop 1, which would be the biggest single tax increase in US history, but promises several road improvements, along with rail and other transit projects.

I finally fell off the fence this weekend, and landed squarely on the NO side.

The tipping point came after I read two pieces in the News Tribune this weekend, here, and here.

In the final analysis, what disturbed my equilibrium was this glaring piece of information:

NONE OF THE PROJECTS IN THE PIERCE COUNTY EVEN START CONSTRUCTION THIS DECADE, AND ONLY ONE IN S. KING CO. STARTS BEFORE 2009.  Only Three complete before 2020!