Here's a fact. The referendum campaign to put Seattle's new tunnel to a vote gathered a stunning 28,929 signatures in 30 days. Here's another. Only 35 percent of Seattle voters favor the state megaproject.
And yet, according to Governor Chris Gregoire and City Attorney Pete Holmes, there will be no vote. They say the matter has been decided, although the moment of said decision is murky at best.
So now we have two big lies going on. One is that the people won't have to pay, and the other is that we've had our say. ...