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Light Rail is the proper choice. Your congestion will only get worse and adding busses is not the answer. Just check with Los Angeles. They have already seen more pro's than con's by having Light Rail.

Sacramento runs 4 car trains every 15 minutes. Freeway traffic is congested just like Los Angeles but if those in charge had not made the choice to put in a Light Rail system imagine how crowded the roads would be now. Add Light Rail now before cost are higher and congestion is worse. The beginning of a rail system will always have some pros and cons, but in the long run it will help the congestion and add many jobs for the area.

Look ahead to the future. Los Angeles waited too long to start there rail and is trying to play catch up. Sacramento even waited to long as far as I am concerned but we started before others and in the long run helped the building traffic problems.
I believe a rail system would be a great advantage there.

The beginning of a rail system will always have some pros and cons in the long run it will help the congestion and add many jobs for the area.

I disagree with this comment: Mike Messina told Prime from the Kansas City Star, that light rail would have an adverse effect on business.

("Our business and other merchants depend on vehicle traffic to deliver our customers ... there is no doubt that vehicle traffic will be impeded during the construction period of the light rail system," he said.)

Of course there will have to be construction but the trains will bring many more customers at one time not in individual vehicles and many more passing by that will notice businesses they may have not noticed before. This statement is not looking into the far future or the welfare of many others to get from here to there faster and without the high gas cost.

Light Rail is the way to go.

I moved here from Portland and loved having the light rail there. I am confused about the wording of the issue here and would like for someone to explain to me what the last part means. "may include the retirement of debt under authorized bonded indebtedness?" What debt can be retired? Who does this effect? I would like to vote yes for light rail, but I want to make sure I understand all that it entails.