Comments on: Bypass road riles community again http://www.issaquahpress.com/2008/11/19/bypass-road-riles-community-again/ The Issaquah Press Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:33:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bryan weinstein http://www.issaquahpress.com/2008/11/19/bypass-road-riles-community-again/comment-page-1/#comment-506 bryan weinstein Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:00:09 +0000 http://www.issaquahpress.com/?p=2480#comment-506 If the language of the record of decision is to be political, as council members butler and barber would prefer, then let's disclose ALL of the political issues associated with this project, such as: the people who do not even live in issaquah who spent money in the form of large campaign contributions to pro-bypass council members over the last 10 years; the people in issaquah who have spoken in favor of the bypass without ever having read the reports; the people who spoke in favor of the bypass without reading, objectively, the documentation that shows: water flowing uphill; maps that failed to show long-standing homes and other structures; erroneous and out-dated air quality and noise reports. the people in issaquah who were in favor of the bypass because they would gain financially. Yes, if this really was a political decision, then let's disclose ALL of the politics that were involved. that alone ought to be enough to demonstrate how ill-conceived and unscientific this whole bypass idea is. If the language of the record of decision is to be political, as council members butler and barber would prefer, then let’s disclose ALL of the political issues associated with this project, such as:

the people who do not even live in issaquah who spent money in the form of large campaign contributions to pro-bypass council members over the last 10 years;

the people in issaquah who have spoken in favor of the bypass without ever having read the reports;

the people who spoke in favor of the bypass without reading, objectively, the documentation that shows: water flowing uphill; maps that failed to show long-standing homes and other structures; erroneous and out-dated air quality and noise reports.

the people in issaquah who were in favor of the bypass because they would gain financially.

Yes, if this really was a political decision, then let’s disclose ALL of the politics that were involved. that alone ought to be enough to demonstrate how ill-conceived and unscientific this whole bypass idea is.

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