Endorsements
The Rice Thresher endorses City of Houston Proposition B, the issuance of $166 million in park improvement bonds. This would connect parks and trails along the bayous, improving spaces near campus and apartments that off-campus students frequently inhabit. Houston would have more trails than any other city in the United States and become a better place to work and live. The fact that it would do this without any tax increase earns Propositon B our enthusiastic support.
Our stong support for Propositon B is coupled with our strong rejection of the Metro Referendum Election. If passed, this bill would divert money away from Houston METRO, to the detriment of Houston's public transit system. Not only do we feel that naming the refendum METRO is both cynical and misleading, we also feel it serves as a dangerous precedent for the city to raid its long-term investments in order to cover short-term costs. Houston needs public transportation to grow as one of America's premier cities, and the Rice community in particular would benefit from METRO's expansion in that it would make it easier for students, faculty and staff to get transportation around the city.
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