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Seattle in all fairness has some of the most incompetent local government of all time. They couldn't govern themselves out of a crackerjack box, if their lives

• PhantomGremlin 11y ago
  No, Seattle is not unique. Check out the costs and delays of the 2nd Ave Subway in NYC. Closer to me, I've previously complained about the bridges across the Columbia river between Washington and Oregon. In 1982 a very fine bridge was built for $172 million.[1] What finally got scuttled in 2013 was a different proposed bridge that would have cost $2800 million.[2] Now I understand there was some intervening inflation, but there was a 16x cost increase (before inevitable cost overruns) between the two projects. Government at all levels, federal, state, municipal, is a very poor steward of Other People's Money. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_L._Jackson_Memorial_Bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_L._Jackson_Memorial_Brid... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River_Crossing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River_Crossing