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Dunn Pushes Council Republicans to Oppose Metro Deal

City   August 15, 2011 at 3:58 pm Erica C. Barnett

King County Council member Reagan Dunn is reportedly putting the screws on fellow council Republicans Kathy Lambert and Jane Hague to either change their vote in favor of a proposed two-year $20 vehicle license fee to preserve Metro transit service, or to support restoring the downtown Ride-Free Area, which would be eliminated under an agreement to pass the fee announced last week. (The fee must be approved by a six-member supermajority of the council).

The council was supposed to vote on the fee around 1:30 this afternoon, but went into a “ten-minute recess” at around 2:00 and has not yet emerged from behind closed doors at council chambers.

Lambert and Hague were initially opposed to adopting the fee, but changed their minds after reaching an agreement that includes eliminating the ride-free area, which will save the county $2.2 million a year, last week.


  • Guest

    What the fuck fuck fuckity fuck does Dunn of all people want with the RFA?

  • http://manywordsforrain.blogspot.com/ Mr Baker

    No shit.

    If the Representitive of position 8, or 4, maybe even 2 were interested in preserving that then I get it, but 9, wtf is it any of his GD business that Seattle is giving that up.

  • Anonymous

    He’s doing it on purpose – as a way to basically kill the deal.  What a jerk.  

    Call to action: Please call Jane Hague (206-296-1006) and Kathy Lambert (206-296-1003) and tell them you support preserving metro transit via the $20 car tab fee!

  • Monster

    intresting development. maybe he can get them to raise metro’s fee’s.

  • Monster

    BombasticMo, “what a jerk boo hooo, im a little pussy who’s parents subsudize my lifestyle so i can live a hip city girls life in the big city, all those nasty people in my suburban high school were soo mean to me but ill show them now that I live in the big city full of culture and overpriced cupcakes.”

  • Chris

    who subsidizes your apostrophes, jerk?

  • Monster

    you do, im a state worker and doing this on the clock, faggit

  • Monster

    i can’t wait for the next gay to get stopmed to death around here just so i can hear you all whine and bitch.

  • Mr. X

    Josh,

    OK, exactly what the fuck does it take to get someone banned here?   You’ve given this troll ample warning, and there are other conservative posters who can keep their comments on topic.

    I don’t say this lightly, but it’s WAY past time to ban “Monster”. 

  • Monster

    Mr. X what policy postions do you hold other then democrats liberals rah rah.

  • Mr. X

    If you were paying attention, you’d have noticed that I’m something of a populist contrarian in the midst of this little New Urbanist lovefest.  However, I manage not to use out and out hate speech in the process of doing so.  If you can’t do the same, you ought to be gone.  Period.

  • Mr. X

    If you were paying attention, you’d have noticed that I’m something of a populist contrarian in the midst of this little New Urbanist lovefest.  However, I manage not to use out and out hate speech in the process of doing so.  If you can’t do the same, you ought to be gone.  Period.

  • Monster

    saying or calling someone a faggit is not hate speech.

  • Bob Feemster

    He’s such a fucker. Spoiled little rich kid fucker.

  • Bob Feemster

    Josh wants to make this more bi-partisan. Monster is just saying outright what most conservatives think–we should be thanking him for his honesty.

  • Monster

    stop talking about Dan Savage.