Comments on: Mayor promises to improve access to tunnel

By: I hate Nickles

I hate Nickles — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:11:56 +0000

I meant “Harpoon”

By: I hate Nickles

I hate Nickles — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:10:57 +0000

The only widening the Mayor can promise is his waist. Mayor McCheese will say anything to get reelected and make false promises. It's time for someone to hapoon this fat whale.

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:56:00 +0000

hmmm…a formal written commitment…finally, something we can trust…

By: 6_11_000

6_11_000 — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:26:35 +0000

This mayor will promise anything to get his way. He has bullied this tunnel through because he has wanted it from the get-go….to please the developers and the tourist businesses! To heck with the Seattle residents who pay enough taxes and are just trying to live here! Never mind us! I am really sick of having things crammed down our throats that we have voted down!

By: Bark more Wag less

Bark more Wag less — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:48:01 +0000

Seems he angers the far right and far left. He must be doing something right.

By: ASDF

ASDF — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:36:35 +0000

Nickels: the best republican mayor Seattle has had in 50 years.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:11:58 +0000

Does Nickels understand it is OBVIOUS he is starting his next campaign. Along with the Nickerson St construction (that was put on hold) is crazy how he just SAYS what he feels will get him press… Seattle is worse off for his mayor(ship). hopefully we will not have to put up with his ridiculous moves any longer

By: Zipper

Zipper — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:19:32 +0000

Hey Reuven_

“Efficient movement on the major arterials ” sounds like road widening to me. I'm all for the tunnel, but not at the expense of turning our neighborhood streets into even bigger arterials. Haven't we lost enough crosswalks in this town yet? Let's not lose sight of families and pedestrians in this process…

By: Bark more, Wag Less

Bark more, Wag Less — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:12:36 +0000

Something tells me we'll get taxed for this but it'll never get built, like the park's levy.

By: kim

kim — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:38:28 +0000

someone is up for re-election!

By: Mr B in Ballard

Mr B in Ballard — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:36:54 +0000

Sounds good to me. We need better access to our 'hood, and we need the tunnel. Lets get building!

By: Sweet Rose

Sweet Rose — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:28:03 +0000

No actually there is way too much thought going into this. Each new whine and we add another billion to the cost. You can’t please all the people all the time and trying to do so wastes money and energy. Trucks can go 15th to the newly improved Alaska Way that will replace the viaduct and connect to 5 that way. Honestly I wonder sometimes how Seattle ever got past horses and buggies. CHANGE, OH THE HORROR!

By: Ballard_mayor

Ballard_mayor — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:27:36 +0000

I suspect Nickels won't lose any more sleep over this issue than he did during the snowstorms when everyone who lived somewhere OTHER THAN along the route from his house to his office suffered from impassable streets for days. The access from northend neighborhoods to the tunnel could be hellish, and he'll 'give it a B+' grade, just wait.

By: busdrivermike

busdrivermike — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:16:34 +0000

Mayor Nickels……do you mean the guy who was committed to the Seattle Monorail project, and then after I had been dinged upwards of $500 in taxes for it, decided he was against it?

THAT Mayor Nickels? Good luck with any promises he makes to the people in Ballard.

By: Queenie

Queenie — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:46:11 +0000

39th or 46th huh? They do realize that the underpasses under Aurora preclude many trucks passage? That's WHY they went down 15th and onto Elliott to get onto 99. There is a great lack of thought going into all this.