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Saturday, March 10, 2007

Remember to Vote

posted by on March 10 at 19:10 PM

March 13th, the deadline to get your ballots mailed, is this Tuesday.

So, find your ballot— hidden among all those bills, lost in your back pack, gone missing on the living room table, or on the floor with your laundry, homework, and bong—and fill it out and send it in.

The Stranger recommends voting ‘No’ on the tunnel and ‘Hell No’ on the rebuild.

The Seattle Times reported today that 102,099 voters have already sent in their ballots and elections officials anticipate another 85,000 will come in before it’s all over—for about 55% voter “turn out” … or I guess, “turn in.”

King County mailed out over 341,000 ballots in mid February.

Vote.

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1

No and no. mailed yesterday. surface + transit please.

P.S. Jamie Pederson: Didn't vote for you, but you're rising in my opinion for coming around on this one.

Posted by Duke of Wallingford | March 10, 2007 7:19 PM
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We need a Robert Moses type of guy to blast past city government and just get something done as far as transit and parks.


The Weekly story credits Chicago for being the inspiration for the Viaduct in the first place. Guess we need more outsiders to come in an move the "Old Seattle" clogs out of the way.


Seattle could be a great city. I love my new condo, and having the Viaduct removed would raise my property values. Nothing wrong with that.

Posted by Manhattan Transplant | March 10, 2007 9:45 PM
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Now, Josh, before we take your advice on this next multi-billion-dollar question, where were you on the Monorail?

You won't pull a Walter Cronkite on this one will you? That is, support it before you oppose it?

Posted by Voter with a memory | March 10, 2007 9:46 PM
4

Not to be petty...

You forgot the "M" in remember.

Heart you, Josh!!!

OMG!!!Ponies!!!

Posted by Grammar Hammer | March 10, 2007 10:19 PM
5

I don't recall a "Hell No!" box being one of the choices on the rebuild, but plain "No" worked just as well.

And Manhattan Transplant, I'm pleased to see at least one downtown condo-dweller not afraid of paying the added property taxes that come with increased property value.

Posted by COMTE | March 10, 2007 11:00 PM
6

I voted yes and yes. My partner voted no and no. We'll cancel each other out, and make this vote even more worthless.

Posted by Dave Coffman | March 11, 2007 3:36 AM
7

Regardless of the meaningless outcome, I'm pleasantly surprised that turnout is as good as it is.

That said, I'm gonna miss the little old people at polling places when we go to all-mail elections.

Oh, and I voted No/Yes. Not so much because I'm hankering for the rebuild, but because I think a lot of no rebuild votes will be misinterpreted as teardown/anti-Viaduct votes when they're actually retrofit/low-cost alternative folks (well, at least if the onholy alliance of Downtown Machine and the Stranger have their way....)

Posted by Mr. X | March 11, 2007 4:21 AM
8

yes - yes

I commute from west seattle

more stall is NOT a solution

The Duchy of Hill shall not dictate to the Kingdom of West.

Sorry

And what it costs it costs

Posted by lloyd | March 11, 2007 5:00 AM
9

I was torn on this issue and thinking about abstaining, but the horrible arguments presented by the no/no crowd inspired me to vote yes/yes. It's a vote for intellectual honesty more than anything. Thanks Ms Barnett for the inspiration.

Posted by zzyzx | March 11, 2007 6:23 AM
10

Another meaningful ballot in the rural metropolis of Seattle. Some of us have elected not to participate in this $1,000,000 sham.

Posted by Laurence Ballard | March 11, 2007 7:54 AM
11

I'm not voting either! I'm tired of Seattle being stupid about transportation. The only thing voting seems gets me is jury duty, and I'm done with that!

Posted by Not Voting | March 11, 2007 11:07 AM
12

ok, if i hear one more uninformed moron compare the big dig in boston... i'm going to go postal


being a transplanted bostonian, and having dealt with the issues of the big dig for several decades... i have to say, that the hullaballoo about the seattle "tunnel/viaduct" being referred to as a BIG DIG is a complete distortion of the facts.
the big dig is a megaproject which consists of

-a 3.5 mile tunnel under one of oldest cities in the u.s. (as opposed to a .6 mile tunnel that skirts around any population whatsoever)

-ted williams tunnel, half of which is underwater, is a 1.6 mile tunnel connecting the airport with the "big dig"

-the zakim bunker hill bridge, an elegant cable stayed bridge spanning the charles river and carrying 10 lanes of highway

each of these in themselves are several times more complicated than anything proposed for seattle.

comparing seattle's botched plans (both plans are completely botched) to boston's big dig makes no sense. additionally, as was the case with the big dig, as soon as the viaduct is replaced, it will already be obsolete and unable to carry the capacity when it is finished.

really, the only option, and there are hundreds of premium examples globally, is to stick that money in public transportation, and get people out of cars. that will be the only way to keep seattle's streets from looking like a parking lot. it's only unfortunate this city has no leadership and is very shortsighted.

Posted by mike | March 11, 2007 12:58 PM
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Hey #8 in West Seattle:

So we have to uglify the entire downtown waterfront for 75 more years so you can drive in more quickly from West Seattle? Very civic minded.

I have three ideas:

1. Let's build light rail to West Seattle instead. That will help move people and help global warming.

2. You can get up earlier in the morning when there's less traffic.

3. You can move to somewhere other than West Seattle.

Posted by Duke of Wallingford | March 11, 2007 4:29 PM
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#2 Manhattan Transplant

Save me from rereading The Power Broker and name what parks Moses built in the city or what transit he built anywhere.

Posted by PS | March 11, 2007 4:52 PM
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Re #14

Moses built a bunch of swimming pools and the grounds for the World's Fair out in Queens, which had a lot of park space. I forget whether there was any transit. I'm always appalled by the story about him making the freeway overpasses on the Long Island Expressway too low for buses.

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