Having keenly followed transit development in the area for some time, I found Sen. Andy Hill’s inability to properly represent his constituents with the ST3 funding measure (SB 5987) to be rather disappointing.

His willingness to support road expansion outside of our area, while denying his own district the right to vote on its own preferred solution to the gridlock that is progressively lowering the quality of life in the area (as evidenced by both WSDOT and the grumblings of disgruntled happy-hour friends and colleagues), leaves one to wonder where his interests truly lie?

If he is indeed in favor of small government, why not allow “We the People” the right to vote on our own future?

If he is indeed in favor of solutions to our growing traffic problems, why does he refuse to work positively towards a multi-modal solution?

Perhaps most damningly, why does he not fight harder for his King County home, which receives a mer e 65 cents for each dollar sent to the Capitol [source: Office of Financial Management]?

If rumors of his gubernatorial ambitions are correct, I would suggest that a commute to Olympia would be more timely with a better transit system, and remind him that his job is to represent his voters, not his party.

Gerick Lee and Ian Prise, Kirkland