John Foust was against the above ground Metro Silver Line before he joined the bandwagon for it. When it comes to the Silver Line Metro, Supervisor John Foust apparently has forgotten that one of the central themes of his 2007 Supervisor race was that he was “very much opposed to the elevated rail…” (see The Connection, http://www.connectionnewspapers.com, 12/4/07) or at least he wants us to forget. In fact, Foust attacked then Supervisor Joan Dubois for her vote for the Metro and those attacks were credited with helping John Foust win a close race. During the 2007 campaign he went so far to commission a survey showing opposition to the above ground rail Metro. Once he was elected however all John Foust did to back up his commitment to oppose above-ground rail was to write a single letter to the Federal Transit Administration calling for a “time out” and to stop the project.
Regardless of what one’s position might have been on “the under not over” Metro battle, it’s pretty clear Foust was an ineffective player on the whole issue. So one thing that this incident highlights besides Foust’s hypocrisy is his ineffectiveness. Other than grabbing an issue that he used to attack then Supervisor Dubois to get himself elected, John Foust delivered on nothing he promised on this issue.
Kathryn Winters, Clifton