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By Mark Prado Marin Independent Journal Posted:   01/30/2012 11:48:58 AM PST The RepealSMART campaign has fallen short in its effort to put a ballot measure before voters aimed at repealing a sales tax that supports the planned San Rafael-to-Santa … Continue reading →

Christina Blount, left, balances on the railroad tracks and Rich Nosker, right, holds a sign during a SMART Rally at Railroad Square in Santa Rosa on Nov. 17, 2011. BETH SCHLANKER/ The Press Democrat By Lisa Wittke Schaffner and Gary … Continue reading →

First phase to include more stations in Santa Rosa, Novato By Eric Gneckow, Business Journal Staff Reporter SMART General Manager Farhad Mansourian unveils new signage that will accompany construction sites. (Eric Gneckow photo) SANTA ROSA [updated at 1:33 p.m.] — … Continue reading →

Investors seduced by rakish rail debt security… by Peter Seidman- Pacific Sun While critics of Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit continue their push to collect enough signatures by the end of January to qualify a tax repeal measure that essentially would … Continue reading →

Join the SMART Jobs for the Holidays Rally December 21st at Noon San Rafael City Hall 1400 5th Avenue Join the SMART Riders Coalition for the SMART Jobs for the Holidays Rally on December 21st at noon at San Rafael City … Continue reading →

by Peter Seidman Pacific Sun Opponents of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit passenger train system have always bumped up against a solid barrier: In 2008, 69.5 percent of district voters cast ballots for Measure Q, the quarter-cent sales tax that … Continue reading →

By Mark Prado Marin Independent Journal Posted: 12/07/2011 05:36:45 PM PST A SMART backer warned that if a sales tax to fund the planned rail line is repealed taxpayers would be on the hook for millions of dollars, while an opponent … Continue reading →

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Cynthia Murray Three years after their original vote on Measure Q, the sales tax ballot measure passed in 2008, an overwhelming majority of voters want the SMART project to continue to move forward. Voters … Continue reading →

SMART board OKs plan to seek $171 million in bonds for rail project By Mark Prado Marin Independent Journal Posted: 11/16/2011 04:22:41 PM PST The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit project took a major leap forward Wednesday when its board unanimously approved … Continue reading →

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