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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   HAVE YOUR SAY Feel strongly about something? Share it with the community by writing a letter to the editor. You’ll need to include your name, address and daytime phone number. (We’ll only publish your name and hometown.) We reserve the right to edit letters, but if you keep yours to 300 words or less, we won’t ask you to shorten it. If your letter is published, please wait 30 days before submitting another. Send it to: E-mail: letters@heraldnet.com Mail: Letters section The Herald P.O. Box 930 Everett, WA 98206 Fax: 425-339-3458 Have a question about letters? Contact Carol MacPherson (cmacpherson@heraldnet.com or 425-339-3472).   Published: Thursday, May 8, 2008 INITIATIVE 985 Eyman way out of line with HOV plan Tim Eyman and his group have done some excellent work in the past that deserved wide support. When it comes to Initiative 985, however, particularly the monkeying around with the HOV lanes, I am disappointed with the wrong-headedness of that concept and the misuse of the auditor's time and function. Auditor Brian Sonntag's time should be used to snoop through the books of every last state agency and municipality to detect waste, fraud and abuse and I bet there wouldn't be any time left to stew over something that his skill set is not suitable for in the first place. The purpose of an HOV lane is to provide an incentive for carpooling and to reward those who do pool, period! Maybe the auditor should investigate the percentage of drivers who are wasting precious resources by driving alone, when in fact they would be able to drive or ride with one, two or three people going to similar destinations. If it turns out that it is a significant number, then maybe on freeways serving major commutes, a second lane should be reserved for HOV use and in the process the congestion, the cost-for-gas problem, the country's oil dependence, as well as the pollution, would all be solved at the cost of some extra striping. Hans Herzog Marysville

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