SMART Protestors Spat at, Shoved and Sworn at in Marin County

by brightpathvideo

Wed, Sep 24, 2008 10:48PM

SMART train opponents were peppered with crass language, had their signs spat on, and some were blocked and interfered with today, at a rally to celebrate construction work on Larkspur's Cal-Park tunnel. http://blip.tv/file/1292792/

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September 24, 2008- Marin County brightpathvideo SMART train opponents had one of their signs spat on and their posters blocked and tampered with by train supporters at a rally that was held today at Larkspur California’s Cal-Park tunnel to celebrate the commencement of the construction work on the tunnel. Present at the meeting were representatives of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition, Assemlyman 6th District, Jared Huffman, former Marin Supervisor, Cynthia Murray and SMART chair, Marin Supervisor, Charles McGlashan. Both McGlashan and Huffman downplayed the significance of potential harm to endangered species living along one of the trains Marin corridors, Gallinas Creek. Train opponents site traffic congestion, increased development and spiraling costs as problems minimized by train supporters. For more information on the “real” impacts and costs of the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit, see http://notsmart.org http://blip.tv/file/1292792/

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