It's time for the people to decide whether they want to save the people's train.

If it doesn't win, then at least there's clarity. I would prefer that ending to an ending where I have to sit at this table and vote to dissolve this agency without any input.

[The acting chairwoman of the monorail board, however, said it's not clear voters need to be asked to vote a fifth time on the project, which would link Crown Hill to West Seattle.] Have they heard about our new financial approach? ... If they're saying how we get out of the situation without asking the voters, that's the answer.

There really has not been enough time to make the case, apparently.

I think we as a group need to attend this meeting. I would like to get direction from this organizing meeting - see what they want from us.

The voters have done the heavy lifting by voting for the monorail four times, ... We are not afraid of the voters. That's where this project comes from. What I am worried about is the endless planning loop that keeps us from building a citywide transit system.

But Seattle is growing fast and we're going to need a lot more than roads and bridges to handle the population that's already there.

When he passed by me, he had some of the white rubbed over the plates as altered buyer's plates. I noticed he undid his seatbelt and saw he grabbed his pocket and lifted his foot.