Imack says some stuff about the UPass debate at UW. He says he only cares about closure, but talks of the threat to Feds services of a refundable pass.

there is no refundable plan coming. If you vote ‘no’, that’s fine, all I really care about is closure on the issue. . . . nobody will talk about it again at UW, . . . GRT wanted FEDS to be liable for finance shortfalls, which is a monumentally bad idea

As long as there is no bus pass GRT will want to get revenue from students and it will keep coming up. This issue has come up several times since 1996, before GRT even existed. The way to kill the issue is to give away bargaining power by establishing the fee.