There are lies, damned lies and the Vancouver City Council.

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In yet another effort to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic I-5 Bridge, we're entertained by a bizarre article that documents the argument between those who want to paint the Titanic green (go with 10 lanes) and those who want to paint the Titanic black (Go with 12 lanes.)

All of this is a waste of time and money; there's no way this bridge can (or should, for that matter) be built. There's no way the people will stand for it, and wasting billions on an unneeded and unwanted bridge replacement won't fly due to that resistance.

That said, when "Several members of the Vancouver City Council" tell us they won't compromise and accept a reduced number of lanes, they're lying.

Let us remember the true purpose of this entire fiasco that has wasted $93 million so far to produce a study with a pre-ordained outcome (Gee, the last study overwhelmingly rejected by the people at the polls only wasted $8 million. How the amount of money wasted has skyrocketed!) is to get loot rail intio Vancouver.

I know it. The Council knows it. And the fine folks over in Portland know it, including their lying git of a mayor, Sam Adams.

In the end there is precisely ZERO chance that the City Council won't cave as long as their precious loot rail is included.

So, save this "stomp-my-widdle-footsie-and-hold-my-breath" crap for someone who cares.

We do not need this. We do not want this. And no amount of lipstick you're putting on this pig will make it happen.

Bridge lane issue focus of meetings
First of two forums will be tonight in Vancouver

Tuesday, January 20 | 10:30 p.m.

BY JEFFREY MIZE
COLUMBIAN STAFF WRITER

Confused by all this talk about a 10-lane bridge versus a 12-lane bridge?

The Columbia River Crossing, the bi-state planning effort to replace the Interstate 5 Bridge, will hold two question-and-answer sessions on the number of bridge and freeway lanes that could be built as part of the multibillion project.

The first meeting is from 6 to 7:30 tonight in the Clark County Elections office, 1408 Franklin St.

The second is from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Kaiser Town Hall, 3704 N. Interstate Ave., Portland.

Crossing officials will present information, answer questions and accept public comments.

The crossing project proposes to replace the I-5 Bridge, extend light rail from the Expo Center in north Portland to Clark College, rebuild six interchanges and improve bicycle-pedestrian paths between the two cities.

A replacement bridge would have three through lanes in each direction, plus another three auxiliary, or “add-drop,” lanes between intersections in the five-mile project area.

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