Transportation fixes on the way?

Since Brian Weinstein beat Jim Horn, it looks like we're going to finally get some movement on transportation fixes. With the County Council now voted down to 9 seats from 13, Dwight Pelz will run for City Council (for those of you who didn't already know that), where he can push for more transit options and hopefully oppose the Mayor's dim-witted Mercer solution.

Ed Murray said it'll be hard to get voters to approve any tax increases for transportation fixes, but I think he misses the mark. His direct quote was, "If they won't approve it for kids, they won't approve it for roads." I disagree with him. Seattle voters typically do vote for new roads, because GOD FORBID we try any innovative solutions or change any existing roadways in any way that might remotely affect any resident in any way, but by God we're going to have better roads because we hate being stuck in traffic.

Sorry, that was an unrelated rant that just started all on its own. As I was saying, Seattle voters have a tough time approving money for schools, but approve almost all money for roads. The difficulty this time is, there is so much distrust of government locally that it's hard to tell if folks will go for it. Democrats really need to lead responsively and actively over the next two years and establish some trust between the government and the voters.