Mayor Mike McGinn fielded scads of questions over in Questionland this afternoon. Read all of his answer HERE.

One reader asked about the 520 bridge and the viaduct: "do you have an actual plan and timeline for rebuilding our infrastructure or will you continue planning and replanning forever?"

I intend to stand up for Seattle residents on 520. Planning a transit-friendly option is more likely to lead to getting the bridge replaced, rather than trying a jam a big highway through Seattle neighborhoods without transit.

As for rebuilding infrastructure, I have put forward a plan to replace our deteriorating seawall, which could fail in an earthquake, will put a light rail plan on the ballot within two years and am dedicated to funding bike, pedestrian and bus improvements.

Another reader asked why McGinn hired Chris Bushnell, the adviser with a past record of bank fraud, who resigned last week. Said the mayor:

I met Chris Bushnell several years ago when he was Chief Economist at King County. He had been working there for a number of years. He volunteered on the Roads and Transit campaign. About 6-9 months after I met him, he told me about his felony conviction from when he was in his late teens.

I worked with him on the Parks Levy campaign and my campaign for mayor. He is a very smart and capable individual. After the campaign, I asked him to join my office.

When I learned that he had misrepresented that he had a Ph.D., I had a frank and open discussion with him about the implications of that. He then resigned, which was the right decision.

See his answers on many more issues—the SLUT, decriminalizing pot, improvement for bicycles, light rail, and oh-so-much-more—over HERE.