$243 isn't that much for a new seawall. Hell, I'll pay for it if they will name it after me.

It's a shame how city council always finds excuses to defer critical maintenance but has lots of "reasons" - or donations - for giving away tax dollars to billionaires for their vanity projects ...

@2 - we can call it the El if we elevate it ... like the original one.

McGinn is right: we need to discuss a comprehensive plan for the city first and then build it in phases. Seattle has too many one-off transit systems that aren't integrated. A monorail here, a SLUT there, a waterfront ex-streetcar there, a First Hill streetcar coming. Lots of toys downtown, but how does that help somebody going from Ballard to UW, Ballard to Lake City, Ballard to Rainier Valley, or Ballard to Bellevue? They still have to wait 30-60 minutes for a bus that's subject to traffic and stoplights.

The First Hill streetcar is separate; it's funded by Sound Transit as compensation for dropping the First Hill Link station. The city wants to extend it to Aloha Street (instead of terminating at John) if it can find the money. That's a good idea.

@7 You're the one full of shit. Sluggo's talking about the monorail we already have. You need to sell the whole city on transit by actually providing it to Seattleintes at their doors.