Dear Editor:
I attended the transit open house on March 6. Pretty sparse attendance was my first observation.
The first thing I asked was whether ‘no transit’ was to be one of the options. I was assured that absolutely it was an option.
The last thing I did was fill out the questionnaire and imagine my surprise when no transit was not one of the three options I was asked to rank. What does it take to get this through? Leaving out the voices of a significant number only further polarizes a contentious issue town has bungled from the beginning.
I added in ‘no transit’ and ranked it No. 1, something I encourage everyone to do. To be honest, had the choice been there as it should have been (and I was told it would be) then I may have ranked it differently.
It has been over a year and God knows how much money to get here, which should have been the starting point.
The actual starting point should have been the discussion about if we want, will support and can afford transit.
As long as a great many voices are ignored there will never be a strong enough consensus to see this scheme through in any supported way. An organization is strongest when it can accommodate its detractors. Accommodate is not a synonym for ignore.
Jim Uffelmann
