Quick-Reference format of Candidate Questionnaires Available

[Andrew Cencini]

Hello, Transit Riders -

A few days ago, I put together a quick-reference guide to the candidate questionnaire responses on transit issues.

You can find the guide linked off of http://www.transitriders.org/election09/  (an xlsx version is here: http://www.transitriders.org/election09/QuestionnaireResponses.xlsx?attredirects=0).

Since the questionnaires are quite long, and many candidates responded with great, detailed answers, I thought it would be helpful to consolidate all of the salient points into a single place.  I tried to be ruthlessly objective in extracting information from the responses - any omissions or errors are my fault and shouldn't be attributed to the Transit Riders Union.  Hopefully, this format should help you quickly and easily wade through the responses and better understand candidate positions on important transit issues.  If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me directly.

Also, in case you're keeping track, the Transit Riders Union is getting an increased amount of media attention for this work - this is great news, and will help us fight harder on behalf of the needs of transit riders.  Seattle Transit Blog, Publicola, Horsesass, Bus Chick, West Seattle Blog, and several other local news sources have picked up on our coverage of candidates this election.  We're just getting warmed up, and are always looking for help with various projects we have getting underway.  Get involved!  Drop me (and...@transitriders.org) or Rodney (rod...@transitriders.org) a line (and...@transitriders.org) if you've got an idea, or you'd like to help out!

Thanks,
--andrew