WA: Steilacoom’s Mayor, Foe of Sound Transit’s $54B Plan, Now on Agency’s Board

    March 15, 2018
    Ron Lucas, mayor of the waterfront town of Steilacoom, publicly opposed Sound Transit’s $54 billion expansion plan two years ago, saying it creates decades of higher taxes and won’t relieve congested highways.

    Source Seattle Times

    Ron Lucas, mayor of the waterfront town of Steilacoom, publicly opposed Sound Transit’s $54 billion expansion plan two years ago, saying it creates decades of higher taxes and won’t relieve congested highways.

    Now he’s vice chairman on the transit board, appointed in January.

    A retired Army colonel, Lucas survived a helicopter crash in Vietnam and later served as an Army inspector general. Most of his Pierce County neighbors opposed ST3 while King and Snohomish voters propelled the measure to victory.

    Read the full article at https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/steilacooms-mayor-foe-of-sound-transits-54b-plan-now-on-agencys-board/