Dec 18 2006
Try Harder? How about listening?
Danny Westneat gets it wrong. He takes Mayor Nickels, the Seattle Council and Governor Gregoire to task because the Seattle voters will have an opportunity to decide how to repair/replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct. He wants the politicians to lead.
Yes, the politicians should lead, but they should also listen to the people instead of acting like spoiled brats. Here’s a few bits from Mr. Westneat’s column.
Maybe the 13th time will be the charm.
Once again we the people get to decide a major transportation issue — the fate of Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct. It was thrown into our laps last week by the governor and the mayor and the other decision-avoiders we’ve hired to shirk their duties around here. This vote will be our 13th in a decade on transportation. We have voted twice on light rail, five times on monorail, twice on gas taxes for road building and three times on Tim Eyman transportation measures.