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Vote Yes on D to Get The County Moving
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By Ellen Martinez, Dr. Steven Plumb, Lisa Sheridan, Robert Stephens & Gayle Ortiz
is the right solution, right now to build a bike and pedestrian trail on the unused rail corridor. The Greenway plan to build a 32-mile trail, accessible to all, is fully funded and can be built now. The trail will preserve the natural landscape and showcase the beauty of our coastline. It will be an amazing community transportation resource, as is the 18-mile Monterey Coastal Trail, built in the 1980s on unused railroad tracks, and now used by over 2 million people per year. Greenway does not detour onto busy streets, making it the safest route to schools and work. It also promotes the health of our community. That’s why more than 200 doctors support Greenway. The head of the Department of Surgery at Dominican Hospital commented, “A car-free pathway
from Watsonville to Davenport will do more to improve the duration and quality of residents’ lives than any health care program in the history of Santa Cruz County.” A YES vote will move more people out of cars and reduce traffic, which supports the County’s goal to increase the percentage of commuters on bikes to 20%, cutting air pollution. Leading environmentalists support Measure D because it is the ecological trail proposal. “YES on Greenway” page 14
Vote No on Measure D, the Deceptive Greenway Initiative
R DON’T BE FOOLED BY MEASURE D. Measure D is NOT Pro-trail
We’re already getting a trail, with some sections already open. Measure D will stop progress and delay the trail for years.
By Mark Mesiti-Miller
arely have we seen such unity against a local ballot measure as we’re seeing with Measure D, the Greenway initiative. Up and down Santa Cruz County and across the political spectrum, organizations and elected officials are taking a stand against Measure D — from the Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce and the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce to the Santa Cruz 809 Bay Ave.
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County Democratic Party and the Sierra Club, as well as organizations based in Mid-County, South County and North County. Elected officials and candidates throughout the county are also opposed to deceptive Measure D, including State Assembly, city councils, school boards and more. “NO on Greenway” page 14
