Reject Proposition 1

C-Tran’s Proposition 1 has been one of the more contentious and debated issues to land on a General Election ballot in several years. Opinions about why it should be approved or rejected run across the board. On this measure that proposes to fund light rail in Clark County, the Post-Record is recommending a ‘no’ vote.

The proposition asks voters to decide whether to fund a one-tenth of one percent sales tax to pay for the maintenance and operations of C-Tran’s share of a light rail extension from Portland to Vancouver that would travel across the I-5 replacement bridge known as Columbia River Crossing. In addition, the tax increase would also pay the local share to build, operate and maintain the Fourth Plain Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit Project.