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Oct 12, 2008

Measure R would fund area transit projects

Measure R, a half-cent sales-tax increase on the November ballot, is designed to raise roughly $40 billion over 30 years for Los Angeles County transit projects.

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VOTE NO on Measure R

Los Angeles, CA

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Oct 12, 2008
 
Why are we being asked to fund freeway improvements or work on the dangerous interchange of the 10 and 605 freeways again. We have voted to have these fixed once and the money was taken away and used else where. So were being asked again to fund something that has been paid for. If this gets approved what is to say that the funds will not get used else where again?
Then we have the subway to the sea. is something like this really necessary why not a lite rail to the sea at more then half the cost.
Snoble has also argued that the MTA simply won't have enough money to carry out county projects without the tax. Then why did they allow millions to be lost?
Make the MTA figure out how to spend what they have on projects that have already been paid for and finish the projects that have been paid for before asking for more money that will go in to a general fund any how.

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YES on R

Mira Loma, CA

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Nov 1, 2008
 
If people like you actally bothered to do some research and found the financial overview of measure r. you woulnd say these things.Also gas prices are going up we will need to get around somehow.trains also help greenhouse gases and so we dont breath in so much smog. YES ON R. other large cities have public transportation better than we have and they have lees traffic problem. but southern californians are obbsessed with cars. also the blue lines ridership is one of the highest in the country. SO PLEASE VOTE YES ON R AND PUT OUR MONEY TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NOT GAS
R Going To Defeat

West Covina, CA

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Nov 2, 2008
 
Measure R is losing by a margin of 3:1 according to recent polling in our local papers. I think Pasadena Star News also confirmed this. Vote No just in case.
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