The Asphalt Paving Association opposes transit?? Finally, true colors come shining through.

All those guys have spent the whole year lathering about how pro-transit they... just not THIS transit, you know, the kind that runs on rails and actually works.

But the curtain is drawn back. It's all about a money grab -- more more road-paving and the sprawl that follows it.

Vote YES for Mass Transit and teach these guys somehting once and for all.

Posted in Crosscut:

OK, but in Seattle, Sound Transit's vendors and employees have opened their wallets a bit to get Prop 1 passed. You may recognize some Sound Transit contractors on the top end of the contributor list for Prop 1 YES, those donations $300 and above as of the time of this posting, with all 259 contribution reaching just north of $800,000.

The No-to-Prop-1 contributions are at $153,000.

Prop 1 Vote Yes contributions (aka Mass Transit Now) from the Washington Public Disclosure Commission web site (http://www.pdc.wa.gov/QuerySystem/advancedS/default.aspx) :

AECOM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION $40,000
CH2M HILL INC. $40,000
PB AMERICAS INC. $40,000
LTK ENGINEERING SERVICES $30,000
ACEC WASHINGTON $25,000
DAVID EVANS & ASSOCIATES INC. $25,000
HDR ENGINEERING INC. $25,000
MASTER BUILDERS ASSOC. $25,000
INCA ENGINEERS INC. $20,000
IUOE LOCAL 302 $20,000
PARAMETRIX INC. $20,000
AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION $15,000
HNTB CORPORATION $15,000
JACOBS ASSOCIATES $15,000
SABEY CORPORATION $15,000
ACEC WASHINGTON $10,000
AMALG TRANSIT UNION LCL.587 $10,000
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY $10,000
HATCH MOTT MACDONALD $10,000
IRON WORKERS DIST. COUNC PAC. NW $10,000
JACOBS ENGINEERING INC. $10,000
K & L GATES CONTINUING PAC $10,000
KBA INC. $10,000
KLEINFELDER WEST INC. $10,000
KPFF CONSULTING ENGINEERS $10,000
MICROSOFT CORPORATION $10,000
MIDMOUNTAIN CONTRACTORS INC. $10,000
MOWAT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY $10,000
NORTHGATE SO. COMMONS LLC $10,000
PCL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC. $10,000
SEATTLE MARINERS $10,000
THE BOEING COMPANY $10,000
WELLS FARGO BANK $10,000
WRIGHT RUNSTAD ASSOCIATES LP $10,000
WRIGHT RUNSTAD ASSOCIATES LP $6,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL $5,000
ENVIROISSUES $5,000
IBI GROUP $5,000
K&L; GATES CONTINUING PAC $5,000
LANE POWELL PC $5,000
MCBEE STRATEGIC CONSULTING $5,000
PB AMERICAS INC. $5,000
PERTEET INC. $5,000
PUGET SOUND ENERGY $5,000
SHANNON & WILSON INC. $5,000
SUDEV LLC $5,000
SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEV #1 LLC $5,000
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 174 $5,000
TOUCHSTONE CORPORATION $5,000
UNITED ASSN PLB&PIPE; FTG IND #32 $5,000
VULCAN INC. $5,000
WA CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTN FUND $5,000
WA MUTUAL BANK $5,000
WA ST BLDG & CONST TRADES COUNC $5,000
WALKER DOUGLAS $5,000 SELF CONSULTANT
WASTE MANAGEMENT $5,000
HAINLINE JERRY $4,750 HAINLINE & ASSOC. PRESIDENT
HASTINGS CHERRY $3,200 NONE RETIRED
HASTINGS GREGORY $3,200 GH HASTINGS ASSOC. INVESTMENTS
LANDAU ASSOCIATES INC. $3,000
LMN ARCHITECTS $3,000
FOSTER PEPPER PLLC $2,500
FOSTER PEPPER PLLC $2,500
KOTKINS JR. HENRY L. $2,500 SKYWAY LUGGAGE CO. CHAIRMAN
PORT BLAKELY TREE FARMS LP $2,500
SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL 66 PAC $2,500
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES COALITION $2,500
CH2M HILL INC. $2,000
GRIFFIN HILL & ASSOCIATES LLC $2,000
HERRERA ENVIRO CONSULTANTS INC. $2,000
HEWITT $2,000
IFPTE LOCAL 17 $2,000
OTAK INC. $2,000
ROSEWATER ENGINEERING INC. $2,000
THE BLUME COMPANY $2,000
W.P. COBURN INC. $2,000
BACKER THOMAS $1,000 SELF LAWYER
COCKER FENNESSY INC. $1,000
EARL JOAN M. $1,000 SOUND TRANSIT CEO
FEHR & PEERS $1,000
FENPRO LP $1,000
GEOENGINEERS INC. $1,000
GOGERTY STARK MARIOTT INC. $1,000
GOVERN AGNES $1,000 SOUND TRANSIT MANAGEMENT
JEWELL SALLY $1,000 REI RETAIL
MARK JONATHAN $1,000 SELF SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
NAIOP WA STATE CHAPTER $1,000
RAINIER PLAZA LLC $1,000
SELIG MARTIN $1,000 SELF DEVELOPER
THOMPSON PHILIP $1,000 PERKINS COIE ATTORNEY
WASHINGTON GROUP INTERNAT INC. $1,000
PORTER & ASSOCIATES INC. $550
BARBIERI MARK $500 WASHINGTON HOLDINGS REAL ESTATE
BOSS DONALD $500 KINKISHARYO INT'L MANAGER
CIVILTECH ENGINEERING $500
DAVIS AUBREY $500 GACO WESTERN CHAIRMAN
ILGENFRITZ ERIC $500 SOUND TRANSIT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MAIN RONALD $500 SELF LOBBYIST
MARTIN FLYNN PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC $500
MCCUMBER MARY $500 NONE RETIRED
MINKOFF MARTIN $500 EAGLE HARBOR GROUP CONSULTANT
SHELDEN MATTHEW $500 SOUND TRANSIT TRANSIT PLANNER
SHER RON $500 METROVATION PRESIDENT
WALKER MARCIA $500 SOUND TRANSIT ADMIN.
WILLIAMS JAMES F. $500 PERKINS-COIE ATTORNEY
FAZEL AHMAD A. $400 SOUND TRANSIT ENGINEER
PATRICK GEOFFREY $400 SOUND TRANSIT COMMUNICATIONS
BROOKE BRIAN $300 SOUND TRANSIT MANAGER
MCCARTAN BRIAN $300 SOUND TRANSIT FINANCE

ME (POOR) $5