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Re:Bertha back on the move after 2 years of delays by tacos on Sunday December 27, 2015 @01:42PM (#10798289)
The project is a fraction of the complexity of the Boston project. And in the advisory vote, Seattle -- in typical fashion -- rejected both options. So everyone gets the benefit of saying they voted against it.
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Re:Bertha back on the move after 2 years of delays by techsupporter on Sunday December 27, 2015 @03:53PM (#10798732)
But there were so many elections and advisory votes... For instance, the tunnel was approved in an August, 2011 vote:

https://ballotpedia.org/Seattle_Viaduct_Tunnel_Replacement_Q...

http://your.kingcounty.gov/elections/elections/201108/resPag...

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Re:Bertha back on the move after 2 years of delays by mikestew on Sunday December 27, 2015 @04:23PM (#10798806)
That was the weirdest thing about Western Washington politics that I've observed: we'll keep voting until we get the answer we like. If voters refuse to give us that answer, we'll just go ahead and do it anyway. For history, I refer you to stadiums and the monorail, and I'm sure there are others I've missed.
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Re:Bertha back on the move after 2 years of delays by x0x0 on Sunday December 27, 2015 @06:42PM (#10799143)
It just means the important votes aren't the referendums; the important votes are the elections.
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