Now, I actually dug something up that reflects positively on the Mayor's Office of Seattle. Greg Nickels has some construction projects in mind that he has a plan to pay for. You heard that right. Their is money to pay for them. It might be a little bit of the Nickels shell game, but there is some money floating around from some tax increases that passed.
Old Sweaty Nicks actually has a plan to repave about a half dozen streets that are currently 3rd world hazardous. That really makes me happy. In addition he plans to have a new park built with a large bronze statue of himself with Tim Eyman in a WWE-esque "Camel Clutch", made popular by former professional wrestler The Iron Sheik.
Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of jobs being created, especially in the sector of public infrastructure, but, what about getting some of the existing messes straightened out. Seattle is a rapidly growing city, and has been for the last 20 years, and in that time, has amassed some pretty serious growing pains. The demand for infrastructure has outstripped the supply by a fairly wide margin, thus decreasing the live ability factor of the region. If something is not done soon, people in the other parts of the country might figure out that Seattle is not really the land of milk and honey.
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