Thrilling decision. On behalf of us Johnsons, sorry about those other Johnsons.

Hilarious.

/in your face, Kemper Freeman

Kemper spent all that money and didn't even get a lousy t-shirt.

Didn't Mayor McGinn vote against the construction of the 520 bridge simply because it didn't have light rail tracks? He was the only one to vote against it.

A blessing in disguise.

We need twin tunnels under Lake Washington for transit.

We have the machines, let's use them.

(I shudder thinking about a train on a floating bridge!!)

Silly Kemper. I hope he lives long enough to see Link trains violating his precious Bellevue.

@5 - A nice thought, but in that Lake Washington is over 200 feet deep, it's not feasible. And on the bottom in the middle is another 50-70 feet of mud/sludge/sunken duck shit. We would have to go down over 300 feet to find suitable bedrock for tunneling, and the resultant grade of the tracks would be excessive for light rail I'd imagine.

@10: junk ad spam.

Is this the guy whose family wealth comes from war crimes?

@10, not sure if you're being sarcastic, but they were both actually spam. Keyword filled posts with links.

@12--No, most of Kemper's money comes from crimes against humanity and crimes against nature. His father was the war criminal.

i think article 2, section 40 is fucking stupid and antiquated.

I'm a bit concerned by this ruling - to me, once the money is spent and the benefit derived (20+ years of the driving lanes), how long does the investment hold up that it must be reimbursed? Is there a depreciation schedule on permanent infrastructure?