If anyone had any doubt why light rail to Vancouver is so controversial, look no further than what the city of Vancouver tried to do.
In November 2011, voters approved Proposition 1, which raised the sales tax rate in the Clark County region by 0.2 percent. C-Tran officials promised voters then that the new revenue would raise between $8 million and $9 million per year, and they would use this new money to preserve the existing bus system and prevent further service cuts.
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