Poor Mayor Nickels. The news isn't good for him these days. His plan to replace the crumbling Viaduct with a Big Dig-style tunnel is going the same way as the Seattle Monorail Project he helped kill. The Washington State Department of Transportation released estimates that showed Nickels' $2.8 billion price tag climbing to $4.6 billion. And now, according to articles in The Seattle Times and The Seattle P-I, Nickels is taking the choice out of the voters' hands this November.
Voters Not Dumb Enough to Get a Choice on Viaduct Replacement
New Sonics Owners Look at Arena Sites in Bellevue
The Seattle P-I confirmed what SonicsCentral reported yesterday: The Sonics' new owners were looking at possible arena sites in Bellevue yesterday--specifically the old Safeway distribution center east of 405, which has been mentioned before in connection with a new arena.
Mono-Mania
The Seattle Monorail, which has already endured more obloquy than Lindsay Lohan's dietician, is in trouble again.
Martell, We Hardly Knew Ye
The Seattle P-I today passes along a rumor that Seattle Prep basketball star and NBA prospect Martell Webster, who has committed to play next year for the University of Washington, signed a contract with an agent. If true, this would disqualify Webster from playing college ball.
Sound Transit Unearths Native American Village
Is Sound Transit cursed? If it wasn't, it may be now. The Seattle P-I reports this morning that, while surveying light-rail sites along the Duwamish river, workers dug up an ancient Native American village.

