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Uneasy riders What to do? A light-rail system for Seattle, which at present relies largely on overworked buses for public transport, has been in the works since 1993. But, without a single spadeful of earth turned, the project is $1 billion over budget and years behind schedule. A citizens’ initiative passed in 1999 lopped $2 billion from the state transport budget by limiting fees levied on vehicle licence-plates. A sharp earthquake in February complicated matters by weakening a freeway viaduct along the Seattle waterfront; it almost certainly needs replacing, at a probable cost of $600m.
Back in 1961, he was a 19-year-old high-school drop-out who robbed a bank in Calcasieu Parish, in south-west Louisiana. He took three of its employees hostage, drove them to a quiet spot and shot them. One played dead. Another escaped into the swamp. The third, a bank teller named Julia Ferguson, was begging for her life when Mr Rideau slit her throat. “He committed the most gruesome crime in this parish,” Rideau waits says Rick Bryant, the current district attorney in Calcasieu Parish. ” Now Mr Rideau may be going to trial yet again; and, if he does, Americans will get another chance to ask themselves whether criminal sanctions are designed for rehabilitation or retribution.
Perhaps one more anniversary in office, or independence-day celebration, or fiscal package, really will be all that Dr Mahathir needs to declare victory and become autocrat emeritus. Despite all the recent dissent, the prime minister still retains huge powers with which to suppress any real criticism. And after watching so many other autocrats lose power—such as Suharto in next-door Indonesia—Dr Mahathir may yet conclude that it is best to hang on indefinitely. Otherwise, he may one day have to hear what other Malaysians really think of him.