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asiliveandbreathe

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3. OUR lightrail has been a good thing in AZ..sure, small businesses aong the route have to deal with
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 12:37 PM
Aug 2019

construction..but when all is said and done, they prosper...we take the light rail to Tempe for fire works, Arts fair etc..to Phoenix for Baseball...expansion would be wonderful - I wish it went as far as Goodyear..but that is 65 miles west from where we are - my son lives in the west valley....

Valley Metro Light Rail. In operation since the tail end of 2008, the 26-mile Valley Metro Light Rail stretches from 19th Ave. and Dunlap Ave. in upper-central Phoenix to downtown Mesa and offers quick access to downtown Phoenix, Sky Harbor International Airport, Arizona State University, Mill Avenue in Tempe and plenty more along the way.

The parking lots are full in Mesa...good for the environment....

vote NO prop 105..(a yes vote would stop expansion) - funding already approved in prop 104...The city's 0.7% transportation sales tax was approved by voters through Proposition 104 in 2015.


https://ballotpedia.org/Phoenix,_Arizona,_Proposition_105,_End_Light_Rail_Expansion_Initiative_(August_2019)

The initiative on the ballot is set up to confuse...the yes vote STOPS expansion..NO vote would allow expansion...hope people are smart enough to know the difference....

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