Shame on you, Gov. Gregoire, for agreeing to set aside state money ($2.8 billion) to help pay for a deep-bore tunnel to replace a perfectly working and fixable Alaskan Way Viaduct. Shame on you, Mayor Nickels, for agreeing to set aside city money ($1.4 billion) to help pay for a deep-bore tunnel to replace a perfectly working and fixable Alaskan Way Viaduct.

Shame on you, King County Executive Ron Sims, for smiling at the publicity cameras to show your agreement to this "only 1 percent planned for deep-bore tunnel." And shame on us, Seattle citizens, for lying down like frightened sheep while the above mentioned, arrogant leaders trample over our tax-paying lives.

We deserve to write the checks and to make the monetary payments our fattened real estate taxes, utility bills, parking meters, bus fares, car tolls will demand of us to pay for a deep-bore tunnel. And please don't pay attention to leaders whose priorities put building an unnecessary tunnel above allocating money for the necessary social programs our city and state so badly need.

And above all, don't pay attention to the stupid leaders who ignore the respected, engineering experts who say the Alaskan Way Viaduct can be permanently and safely fixed as it is: but who, instead, have sought out their own engineering experts who agreed to back their plans. Throughout the ages, common sense has always said: Don't Fix It If It Ain't Broke. But our current, boob-headed leaders have changed the words!! The banner they fly reads: Fix It When It Ain't Broke.

Beverly Barsy
Seattle