However, like the founders of our country, I fear direct democracy. Washington requires a 60 percent supermajority for school levies. A simple majority may provide taxpayers with less protection rather than more. Monopoly is un-American. Government-guaranteed monopoly is worse.
Competition provides the best service for the least cost.
A commission studying transportation funding says a new financing mechanism is needed to keep Washington transportation projects on track. The commission is self-serving and wrong. The problem is buses and bureaucracy. Rail is no solution. Charleston, S.C., is developing high-speed elevated monorails that are flexible, incremental, leasable, and can be prefabbed.