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Bus Service to Maltby?

Snohomish County's Community Transit is holding public meetings to talk about offering bus service to the Maltby area.  The first of three area meetings is on Wednesday, July 30 at 4 p.m. at the Park Ridge Community Church Farmers Market
3805 Maltby Road (intersection of 524 & 35th). It is to wrap up by 8 p.m.

The second meeting is at the Clearview Foursquare Church on Thursday, July 31. The address there is 17210 Hwy 9 SE. The meeting is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The one many Maltby residents may be most interested in is on Saturday, August 2 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream store at 86th and Maltby Road/524. Not a bad excuse to go to an ice cream store.

There is a brief story about the possible bus service in the Everett Herald a couple of weeks ago. An expansion would require a public vote as it increased the business tax in to help pay for the bus service. The increased tax zone is shone in this picture from the article.

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How would you want bus service in Maltby? Share your ideas in MaltbyNow's forum area as well.


Posted Jul 27 2008, 12:17 PM by Earl
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Comments

Bill Jaques wrote re: Bus Service to Maltby?
on 10-19-2008 4:22 PM

The approval of Proposition 1 will authorize Community Transit to collect .9% sales tax increase to almost 10% total sale tax in our area.  This is a total waste of dollars since we will be paying $80K a year bus drivers to haul VERY FEW people around this area.  Also consider the $40-50K jobs of maintenance/cleaners of the buses that add to the cost.  If it were economical, the private sector would have provided this service already.  The ridership will be almost non-existant and Community Transit (tax payers) will be subsidizing another boondoggle.  Bus transportation, even in Seattle, can not carry it's own weight without BIG subsidies.  Some of the bus drivers in King County are making $120K a year with overtime (CRAZY).  This is a ridiculous tax to provide more high paying government jobs for a losing concern.   Learn to "Just Say NO" to crazy, out of control Government.  We DO NOT need this type of waste in our area.

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