{"id":213260,"date":"2010-01-22T15:57:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T20:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/northwestvoices\/2010854957_seawallreplacement.html?syndication=rss"},"modified":"2010-01-22T15:57:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T20:57:31","slug":"sea-wall-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/213260","title":{"rendered":"Sea wall replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eyebrows raised<\/strong><\/p>\n

Editor, The Times:<\/p>\n

\u201cBait and Switch\u201d are the words that come to mind as I watch Mayor Mike McGinn pretend to be concerned about the sea wall, only as a way to undermine the tunnel project [\u201cCity Council says \u2018not so fast\u2019 to McGinn plan,\u201d page one, Jan. 20].<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to be asked as a voter to OK a decision that deals with public safety if I have elected officials to take care of my public safety. The sea-wall repair was always a part of the tunnel project.<\/p>\n

McGinn did not get my vote because I believe in moving forward not backward. Even when he watered down his opposition to the tunnel, I didn\u2019t believe it for a second.<\/p>\n

This new move seems very smarmy and very sneaky \u2014 and what a terrible way to start his relationship with the City Council.<\/p>\n

My eyebrows are definitely very raised.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Paige Stockley, Seattle<\/em><\/p>\n

Necessary safety measure<\/strong><\/p>\n

The WSDOT process of exploring options to replace the existing viaduct cost taxpayers nearly $40 million. The \u2018final\u2019 amalgam of options presented at the Town Hall meeting did not include a tunnel. I was there.<\/p>\n

The subsequent fandango, cha-cha and polka dance that was done by elected officials resulted in the tunnel. Now we should be suspicious of a newly elected mayor for addressing a critical safety issue that trumps aesthetics and investors?<\/p>\n

Perhaps Mayor Mike McGinn is doing the job he was elected to do: advocating safety and well-being for the communities of Seattle. It is brave to propose the sea-wall construction now.<\/p>\n

I will support this effort to restore the sea wall and I will support the mayor\u2019s efforts to improve the quality of public education.<\/p>\n

While I have never been keen to be taxed more, what vexes me more is the waste of tax money once it is acquired by government.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Roselee Warren, Seattle<\/em><\/p>\n

A ploy to separate it from tunnel project<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mayor whats-his-name\u2019s plan to build the sea wall in advance of the tunnel project reeks of political maneuvering.<\/p>\n

This is clearly a ploy to divorce the city from the tunnel project in hope of eroding its support and funding while not explicitly reneging on his promise to support it.<\/p>\n

This is about as underhanded as it could get. What else will we get from this guy if, less than a month into his tenure, he is already trying to game the people and their intentions?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Page Russell, Burien<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eyebrows raised Editor, The Times: \u201cBait and Switch\u201d are the words that come to mind as I watch Mayor Mike McGinn pretend to be concerned about the sea wall, only as a way to undermine the tunnel project [\u201cCity Council says \u2018not so fast\u2019 to McGinn plan,\u201d page one, Jan. 20]. I don\u2019t want to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2861,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2861"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}