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What Passes for "Thinking" in the Governor's Race

We just ran across the Seattle Times comparison of Gregoire's and Rossi's positions on the environment, largely cribbed from our exhaustive Seattlest coverage of the same topic. Republican Dino Rossi says maybe human activity is to blame for climate change, so operating on the theory than an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, "He...wants to spend $15 billion to expand highways and reduce traffic congestion, which he argues would reduce emissions." Seriously. He also thinks you should fix your leaky water hose by buying a much larger one and leaving it running all the time.

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  • Oh shoot, I already cast my ballot.

    Oh well, better luck next time, Dino Dawg!

  • Gee, do you think we're in the final days of a campaign?

  • MvB

    I imagine it's because we wouldn't need to spend $15 billion on roads if we implemented congestion pricing first. Better not to pay any attention to how well that works.

  • When asked for further documentation, the campaign referred to two additional reports. One was an Australian study that discussed reducing traffic through congestion pricing — a strategy that aims to get people off the highway by charging a fee when they drive.

    When asked about that, Rossi's campaign said he doesn't support that approach.

    Um.... what? Why hand over further documentation as evidence for your solution if you don't agree with it?

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