The Sound Transit Board has the authority to cut your light rail extension, regardless of what was promised in the Sound Transit 3 voters pamphlet statement 10 years ago. And it can do so with little risk of accountability. That’s just one reason we need a directly elected board, which would enable voters to hold board members accountable for consistently failing to deliver what was promised. Sound Transit is governed by an 18-member board of directors, which is not directly elected or accountable to voters for the billions in taxes they collect or the decisions they make regarding the Sound Transit plan. Fourteen of the board members are politicians appointed by their county executives and are not directly accountable to Sound Transit’s districtwide constituency.…