chingon wrote:Better take them seriously. Their spokespeople are clearly out of touch (with reality) and thats great, but their backers are pretty experienced at this game.
I'm still convinced that people inside the TDD are smart enough to compare a plan actually going to the ballot that is sending most of the money to the eastside versus some hypothetical plan from people that didn't care earlier this year.
I don't think they have the right population to play their game.
We know that for this project we're obviously talking about voters hat have many legitimate reasons to be suspicious of promises from the city and the city has way more legitimacy than some out of touch rich people. By promoting busses they're running a game that says busses are good enough for the inner city while the county works on commuter rail to serve white suburbs, and that doing this is what you should want. You don't make your case by appearing out of touch to that degree. I bet that within days people will be making fun of the billboard on I-70 telling people with nice cars to not vote for a streetcar extension.
This election will follow the 2008 election in style. A 55-60% yes vote in the precincts along the line will result in a 51-52% yes inside the TDD with each election.
It's the classic election where giving something to everyone will pay off. If the city would come in and vote for a resolution that should the TDD pass the city will start to look for money to do engineering on Troost for a rail conversion that the yes vote would be 5% higher along that street.