David Della: dim bulb

[maxsolomon]

how did this clown get elected to council?

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003586348_sundella25.html

<Here are the facts: It has been six years since the Nisqually earthquake. During that time, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has studied 72 options to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, including elevated structures, tunnels, bridges, surface streets and retrofits of all shapes and sizes, none of them perfect. Meanwhile each day, 110,000 people drive on an unsafe highway while we jeopardize Seattle's 37,000 family-wage maritime jobs dependent on the viaduct. The time to act is now.>

<We must maintain our traffic capacity. Seattle is a city built on trade, which is why we have a robust, family-wage maritime economy. The elevated rebuild has 33 percent more traffic lanes than the tunnel proposal, making it easier for people and goods to get to their destination — including transit.

While critics of Measure 2 cite San Francisco as a model for a post-highway city, they forget that San Francisco lost its port economy when it made that choice. As a child of a working-class family, I'd find it very hard to explain to thousands of working Seattleites that they just lost their jobs thanks to a tenuous urban-design concept that will largely benefit only the wealthiest in our city.

The new elevated structure will have a modern design that will be quieter and safer, and protect our world-class views of the Sound. Even more importantly, the elevated rebuild preserves the lifeline of our waterfront economy.>

37K maritime jobs are dependent on the VIADUCT? how do you figure? prove it, dave. i though they were dependent on having a SEAPORT. notice the lack of maritime jobs in spokane.

NO & NO.

let me add - the people who are complaining about the loss of views from the viaduct? maybe you should be looking at the road in front of your face, not off to the horizon.