"Last year in China we weren't quite able to win, but this year our bike is working very well and, together with our tire package, I think we should be fighting for the victory," said Rossi. "I hope that Shanghai is going to be the place where it finally all comes together."

Why does the Stranger even create an endorsement issue, when we just know you will always endorse the democrats. Give independent voters like myself a little more respect. Not everything depends on the gay vote.

That's their problem.

Want a gas tax cut so oil firms can rake in excess profits (Econ 101)? Clinton and McCain will give you one - and the money will stay in the oil barons pockets, as it always does.

(caveat - I own direct shares and mutual funds in oil and other energy companies)

Nobody wants Red Bushies anymore.

You see, ALL of the items on his agenda COULD be built, and for the amounts indicated - if we just use non-union and immigrant labor, purchase substandard materials, and eliminate the expensive and time-conumsing process of bidding out the jobs.

When you factor in things like those - and why would anyone figure that a red-blooded GOPer like Rossi HASN'T? - then the numbers make complete sense.

At this point I just want the crap done. Make it happen. Scrap any other transit plan until those places get addressed first. They are the worst bottlenecks in the region. No extra busses, no BS about light rail cutting across or taking up valuable time/money/design to get done.

Just give me 200 more lane miles between Renton, Kirkland and over to Montlake.

Enough.

Before we go charging ahead on such new lanes, we should all remember that they will be added merely to accommodate rush-hour commuters, most of them in SOVs. I hope someone (not Rossi!) figures out the cost-per-motorist-served of these added lanes -- I expect the numbers will make light rail look cheap.