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Letter: Light rail ruins the view

The Columbian
Published: January 10, 2013, 4:00pm

The photograph on the front page of the Jan. 5 Columbian is the reason that all thinking people should reject light rail. The number of automobiles that it will take off of the road really doesn’t matter; most riders of these light rail monstrosities don’t drive cars.

This photograph of a MAX light rail train approaching a stop says it all. It is an ugly view of what our beautiful vistas will look like if we agree to these horrible trains and overhead lines.

Nancy Blakey Patella

Vancouver

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