Comments on: Mike McGinn is Seattle’s Next Mayor

By: Martin H. Duke

Martin H. Duke — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:12:51 +0000

Andrew,

You’re presenting a false choice. There was never any possibility of light rail under SE Seattle. There wasn’t the money to do it, and zero prospect of going back to the polls for more. If enough people had said “underground or nothing” they would have gotten nothing.

Insisting on an all-underground alignment for Ballard to West Seattle means you’re pushing things back around 30 years, with no guarantee that what emerges at that point is in fact all underground.

If you really want an underground alignment, start lobbying the State and the Federal government for about $3-4 billion for the city, because that’s the difference between what the City would need and what they have any hope of raising using current authority. If you start now it might be lined up in time for when the City would have to make the decision.

By: Andrew Stephenson

Andrew Stephenson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:05:37 +0000

A “good plan”?!? Did you know he want to make the same mistake made on the MLK way? There are so many things wrong with placing the light-rail in the middle of a congested arterial.

If the The light-rail had been dug under SE Seattle, it could travel at a much faster speed, it would trap the noise of the screeching wheels, and it wouldn’nt interfere with raod-traffic and pedestrians above. Sound Transit built this light-rail on MLK as if it were a trolley. Yes, a trolley can go in the middle of the road; but Seattle’s light-rail is more of a subway. Seattle is too dense for at-grade trains.

The MLK Mistake can be fixed. But making that same mistake in West Seattle would not be nearly as efficient as an underground subway…(which Mcginnypig is proposing)

Seattle needs an underground subway… not a trolley-like light-rail!!!

By: Dogs on bikes « Stacked

Dogs on bikes « Stacked — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:43:38 +0000

[...] we all see that Seattle elected the bike guy instead of the business guy to be the next [...]

By: Tim Whittome

Tim Whittome — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:13:05 +0000

Brian

Could you expand on this one a little? So she likes the proposed berm idea? That’s good.

Any news on when the Le May car museum is finally going to break ground down there?

Tim

By: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Clarence Eckerson Jr. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:18:50 +0000

WooHoo! He had a Streetfilm on his page!

By: Anc

Anc — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:01:51 +0000

http://mcginnformayor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/firsthill.pdf

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Cyclist wins Seattle mayoral election « Bike Monkey Magazine — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:35:35 +0000

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By: Tim Whittome

Tim Whittome — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:41:56 +0000

Oh well, boohoo and whatever

By: Ben Schiendelman

Ben Schiendelman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:39:42 +0000

He issued a great pro-streetcar document during the campaign. If you find my piece ripping into him for his stance, you’ll find a link to the PDF. Look at the last page of it when you do.

By: Ben Schiendelman

Ben Schiendelman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:39:00 +0000

It happened right after I posted! :)

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:48:15 +0000

What’s Mike’s stance on the streetcar network? I know he’s not in love with the First Ave. line, but don’t have a sense of his thoughts on the rest of the planned network.

By: john

john — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:01:51 +0000

Yayyy I want to move back to Seattle now!

By: Brian Bundridge

Brian Bundridge — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:55:04 +0000

And that is great news Sherwin. That will keep the D Street to M Street connector safe!!

By: Sherwin Lee

Sherwin Lee — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:13:13 +0000

In the Tacoma mayor’s race, Marilyn Strickland also widened her lead over Jim Merritt.

By: Sherwin Lee

Sherwin Lee — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:05:59 +0000

Oh, gotcha.

By: Sherwin Lee

Sherwin Lee — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:05:41 +0000

He already did.

By: Morgan Wick

Morgan Wick — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:05:21 +0000

…and I was a few seconds too late to submit that.

By: Morgan Wick

Morgan Wick — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:02:12 +0000

Seattle Times is saying Mallahan has a press conference at 5…

By: Sherwin Lee

Sherwin Lee — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:01:55 +0000

Mallahan just conceded.

By: Ben Schiendelman

Ben Schiendelman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:54:31 +0000

That’s about the same as the total number of ‘contested’ or otherwise rejected ballots in King County, and far higher than the number of those ballots in Seattle.

I’d expect a concession from Mallahan any time now.