Susan Hutchison is on the record as saying light rail to the airport was unnecessary because it’s faster and easier to take a cab, but she isn’t getting much love from the Seattle Taxi Owners Association after falsely claiming during yesterday’s KING-5 debate that she enjoyed the endorsement of taxicab drivers. In fact, they’re downright pissed off.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Susan Hutchison is a liar.
Ouch. If I were Suzie, I might want to take the train next time I was headed to the airport.
Way to break a story there, Scoop. Now the one person who cares about it can get back to selling Real Change.
Politics Fail
who gives a fuck what the taxi drivers association think?
how about we ask the Half Naked Latte Girls Association what they think instead?
Hutch can’t even tell the truth on her political leanings.
She was making a joke. Dow kept on bring up that quote about the taxis, and she said something to the effect of, “Thanks for keeping this in the limelight, you’re going to get me the support of the taxi drivers.” It was more a joke at her own expense of the amount of advertising she has provided taxicabs with that quote.
She did the same thing with Fred Jarrett…claimed he supported her when he certainly doesn’t.
If some taxi drivers support her, she didn’t lie. She didn’t say the Association supported her, she said taxi drivers, which obviously means some.
No, she told the truth, but the Association President is mad because he’s probably a Democrat.
And some may say that this is also a line of work that seems to be very anti-female in terms of percentage of females employed. So some may not surprised at the anger against her.
And some may say that Goldy’s tone is paternalistic and sexist.
Suzie is good at dissembling and dodging. Otherwise, she doesn’t have much going for her. After watching her performance in the debate last night, I have trouble thinking anyone could take her seriously. She is not a serious person. Just ambitious. Oh, and a tool of rich conservatives.
and Dow isnt a tool? hahaha – remember, this is the guy who put the lives and safety and livelihood of everyone in the flood district at risk so he could get a fucking foot ferry….
nice guy he is…
re 6: Did you write that with the same supercilious smirk that Sean Hannity affects when he is holding forth on one topic or another?
Some say you did. And, when are you going to stop beating your mother’s miniature poodle?
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His mother’s miniature toy poodle kicks Troll’s ass. Troll keeps a taser on him at all times when he’s at home to keep the poodle at bay.
1, 2 — Typical of the reaction you get from wingfucks when one of theirs gets caught in another lie.
Their meme is, “It doesn’t matter if the Republican candidate for county executive is an incompetent, idiotic, and dishonest amateur; the only thing that matters is that she’s a Republican.”
That’s a helluva a way to exercise your voting rights, dolts.
(q.) How can you tell when a stealth right-wing Republican candidate in what we laughingly call a non-partisan race is lying like a sack of shit?
(a.) Whenever she’s talking.
“If some taxi drivers support her, she didn’t lie. She didn’t say the Association supported her, she said taxi drivers, which obviously means some.”
No. Giving her statement an interpretation which is most favorable to Hutchinson, it means that MOST taxi drivers support her, which is clearly not the case. To say that it means that at least more than ONE taxi driver supports her is an unreasonable stretch of the common understanding of her statement.
And in the political arena, it is usually understood that when a group of people is represented by an organization, then saying that the group supports her implies the endorsement of the organization.
For example, if her opponant were to claim that the Seattle Police supported him, but the Seattle Police Guild had not issued an endorsement on his behalf, it would be fair for Hutchinson to call on her opponant to retract his comment.
In her defense, Hutchinson probably didn’t even know that there was an organization for Seattle taxi drivers. But that’s a pretty week defense, in that someone wanting to be executive of a major metropolition area should know the various representatives of the interest groups in the area, especially ones relating to transportation issues upon which she is taking a position. It betrays a lack of detailed knowledge. Do we need to elect someone who will spend the next couple of years in on-the-job training?
@6 “If some taxi drivers support her, she didn’t lie.”
Wrong. She claimed support from tax drivers as a group, not a few individual drivers. The group that represents the drivers is the Association, and they didn’t endorse her. She lied.
Evidently our lovely trolls fall into two categories:
(1.) Those who don’t have to worry about riding in cabs because they get around in limos.
(2.0 Those who never get out of their basements, and post here when they’re taking a break from World of Warcrap or animal porn.
I’ll bet it’s mostly number two.
Who gives a shit.
@7 “She is not a serious person.”
That’s shown by her off-the-cuff suggestion to route light rail over a new 520 bridge, an utterly cockamamie notion.
Why? Well, first, do you remember Dino Rossi’s campaign rhetoric about a 6-lane 520 bridge? But the engineers said it wasn’t feasible because — apart from cost — there isn’t space at the bridge ends for the extra approach lanes. That means there’s no place to put light rail tracks, either.
Another problem is 520 goes nowhere near Bellevue’s downtown core. It would be either a track to nowhere, or would require a right-of-way over prime (and therefore super-expensive) commercial and residential land to reach downtown.
Routing light rail from downtown Seattle to downtown Bellevue over 520 also involves a large jog (as opposed to straight line) that would greatly lengthen travel times, discouraging commuters from using light rail.
It’s a stupid idea, not thought through at all, thoroughly impractical, and shows just how superficial Hutchison is and how unprepared she is to lead Washington’s largest municipal government.
Art @ 15
Yeah, but you can’t help but love our trolls anyway. They’re so warm and cuddly.
Did she love economics so much she got a fictitious degree in it?
@8 He didn’t put anyone’s lives at risk. Developers did that by building homes in a flood plain below a dam and selling them to a gullible public. If you want to criticize Democratic county and state leaders, then you should criticize them for not putting that area off-limits to development. But that’s not what your side wanted, is it? You want to be able to build anything, anywhere, anytime.
What Dow actually did was play hardball politics to get funding for the foot ferry he supported. That kind of arm-twisting has gone on in politics since the beginning of human civilization. But it seems to be a bad thing only when a Democrat does it, which is typically of Republican hypocrisy. GOPers have held much more than this hostage to get their pet projects and earmarks. Case in point: Ted Stevens’ Bridge To Nowhere.
But wait! What you’re complaining about is Dow playing politics with a spending item. You’re whining because you wanted the county to spend taxpayer money on flood protection. I thought you guys were AGAINST spending? Or does that only apply to things we want that help, say, poor and unemployed people?
Asswipe. Hypocrite. Whiner.
Darcy did get a degree in economics, she got a BA in computer science with a special field in economics that how it was done at Harvard. Conservatives have to pay attention to facts.
@10 Speaking of tasers, the manufacturer finally admitted today their product kills people, and is warning police departments to instruct their officers not to aim at the chest because that might, you know, make the heart stop beating.
@15 I use their behinds to warm the bottom of my feet on cool fall days like today.
I’ve never used a taxi to the airport because it costs too much. If they subsidized taxis like they do light rail, so it would cost me only 3 bucks, then I’d use taxis. But it’s actually cheaper than a taxi to drive to the airport and pay for a week’s parking. So, unless Hutch is planning to give airport travelers a public subsidy for taxi rides, I don’t see how she can think people will prefer a 50-buck taxi ride over a $3 light rail trip. Another example of how fuzzy this woman’s thinking is. Thank the Great Mother Rabbit Spirit that she’s not an economist advising bankers and mortgage brokers.
@19 You don’t even know what “economics” is, so coming from you, the question is comical.
@25 Rodent queefs:
‘You don’t even know what “economics” is, so coming from you, the question is comical.’
Easy old timer, you know what the Doc said….and I sure do know, probably better than you. I don’t think retired courthouse janitors need concern themselves with such matters, so don’t you fret over it. Good luck, and thank you for your continuing entertainment, I can always count on you for a hearty laugh!
@25
Well we do know that Mark1 sure didn’t go to Harvard.
HA. HAHAHAHA! HA HA HA.
@17 Proposing to route light rail over 520 is a sure-fire way to assure that not only rail, but probably the bridge replacement, will be delayed essentially forever. It would guarantee that the glitterati living in Hunts Point and Medina would hire the best lawyers on the planet to flood the courts with NIMBY lawsuits.
Not that as it is there won’t be enough of that from the folks living on Poverty Rock.
Now could it be that the document is a fake and Goldy did a fakey pasty ? While the first couple of lines (name etc) are straight, the text starting with to whom…is slanted…looks to me like it was pasted in. Or maybe Goldy’s scanner is crooked :-)
I’m just saying…
@20 It’s been known for decades that building all those industrial, commercial and residential developments across the lower Green River Valley was a Really Bad idea. As it was, they had to quarry the benchlands on either side (making a lot of higher ground unbuildable and contributing to erosion) to fill and stabilize a lot of the valley floor to build anything on it. Now it appears the Corps. of Engineers slapped together the Howard Hansen Dam (really more of a “darn”, actually) with the kind of prudence and foresight with which they built the canal walls in New Orleans.
@21;
Conservatives never pay attention to facts. Facts have such a liberal bias that conservatives loath them.
@20…hey stupid – people have been living adn working in the green river valley for over 100 years – most of the residential developement in the last 40 years has taken place on either side of the valley ON THE HILL(east and west).
Roger, dont talk about shit you have no clue about.
and your just like a typical democrat – put people’s lives at risk for your own PET PROJECTS – a foot ferry to Vashon?? FFS.
dumbass
@20….AND THEN THEY LIED ABOUT IT – LIVE ON THE RADIO.
Look who’s name pops up DemocraticUnderground.com
Yep. President of the Seattle Taxi Owners Association, Gurminder Kahlon.
http://www.democraticundergrou.....#215;15412
Troll–
Excellent catch.
The Cab Owners Association President is a Democrat shill!!
You think they are corrupt??
Dow wants to put them out of business with Light Rail. I suppose the non-English speakers don’t read the newspaper…but hey, maybe they vote!
Let’s check out the Cab Drivers licenses and voter registration.
#36 Nice filibuster, Cyn. East Indians generally have a better command of English than most of us natives.
Of course, in your eyes he has to be a “Democrat shill”, because he’s not on your side. Just like all the rest of us who wiped the GOP’s nose in its collective incompetence and abject failure last year.
Ha! Spank.
@35
Yep, and Hutch is so brilliant that she gave a Democratic shill a great opportunity to give her a public spanking. I’ll I can say is keep up the good work.
Laugh of the Day
@26 “I sure do know, probably better than you” — Mark0
Mark0 probably thinks when Bernanke talks about “M3” he’s referring to a BMW model.
@30 Why don’t you pick up a phone and call the taxi drivers to find out?
Troll and Mr. Cynical,
Please look beyond your cocoon of Republican party!!! East Indians know enough english to put you to shame.
For your information, majority of business of Taxi cabs is not to and fro from the airport. So if the light rail was going to effect its operations it would have opposed it.
The main reason and the only reason why they got annoyed were because our Ms. Clueless has never even approached the transportation as a whole. Light rail is not the only mode of transportation!!! Rest of the industry is also seeking their issues resolved.
43–
Yeah, right.
They do what they need to to keep their jobs.
newvoice,
Having taken a STITA taxi & limousine before, the East Indians, Sri Lankans and other area ethnic gentlemen will have a problem with Sound Transit from the airport. They told me they are only allowed to take people from the airport to Seattle and almost all of the time come back to the airport empty because the Seattle Taxi union complained they were stealing their fares. So people landing and using the Sound Transit light rail will eat into their pockets.
Rodent,
I’m quite aware, thank you. Back to the home, it’s almost lunch time.