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I shook my head when the stadium decision was made.

Is Boeing going to abandon the largest building in the world and stop making 747's and 777's? Whole new international airports are even more expensive than adding a runway. There was talk about another airport in Thurston County, but I think that would have been silly. Mostly the anti-runway stuff you've heard has been sour grapes from folks here who would like us to detonate Sea-Tac and rebuild in someone else's backyard. But if Everett wants and needs a facility, then that's a good discussion. The need for another runway here would probably still exist. In our private lives, it makes sense to build excess capacity. Not sure why it would not make sense in the public sector.

I'm not afraid of the term "Seattle" even if Christine Gregoire is. On the other hand, "Seattle" might not be as accurate as "Western Washington." On some days, Island, stop and go traffic extends southward through south King County, completely through Pierce County, through Thurston County nearly to Lewis County, half way to Portland.