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I loved watching the public comment on this. Among the best anti-tunnel moments were Lee Trousdale working himself into a state with the beauty of his own phrasing, a couple guys who insisted the viaduct doesn't need replacement or retrofitting or anything, retrofit enthusiasts, a guy who put painter's tape over his mouth, and a couple rebuild enthusiasts. I was sorry none of the surface/transit people got high enough on the list to speak; it would have been good to hear them too.
2
In before Will in Seattle.
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Now all the council members are standing and speaking. O'Brien got the crowd worked up, Licata used his time to yell a bit about irresponsibility, now Harrell's talking overruns. Hot stuff!
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Final highlights: Godden referring to the mayor's wife as "Mrs. McGuinn", and O'Brien complaining Conlin didn't let him know there'd be a final powerpoint.
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@2 grats.

O'Brien for the Seattle win!
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Former Mayor Nickels was there in a poignant tribute to his own dismissal.

I talked between speakers to my very awesome neighbor about how we "gave out pink slips in the last election for transportation failures, we need to give out a few more" and Mayor Nickels sank down in his seat.

And you know what set Licata off the most?

He started in on "we don't have anyone taking the lead --" and got interrupted by a shout of "then we'll elect them!"

He went beet red and said "THEN DO IT! THEN DO IT!"
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The political problem is that if the city had gone ahead with a surface/transit option, you'd have 2/3 of those showing up at the comparable meeting in opposition, and same for a rebuild. A different 2/3 of the city opposes each of the three main options.
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Loving Nick Licata today. Thanks for being the voice of common sense in a room full of lunacy.
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Licata doesn't get angry about trivia; he gets angry when people don't make sense.
12
Everyone needs to remember that the "but elderly people are heckling them" bolded by slog are the same people that voted against forward thrust back in the day to pay for a mass transit system. Build the tunnel!

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