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Seattle's Great Viaduct Debate
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Even by the weird and hysterical standards of Seattle’s great viaduct debate, something very strange is going on. The weirdness has got to do with what I'll call the “equity argument” -- that our treatment of the viaduct should not discriminate against workers.
Good. Fair enough. No doubt most of us agree: voters and policymakers should be attentive to ordinary- and lower-income folks when making decisions.
But what’s strange is this: according to the purveyors of the equity argument, the elevated-rebuild is good for workers -- and all the other choices are bad for them. And what’s even weirder is that in spite of having no actual evidence in support of the claim, the elevated-rebuild backers just keep saying it over and over again, as if repetition will make it true.
Exhibit A is P-I columnist Joel Connelly.
