You guys weighed in with over 200 comments yesterday, and of course, yesterday's the day we forget to post our "Comment of the Day."

Belated congrats to PubliCola reader Voting No on Gridlock, who weighed in yesterday morning on the viaduct with the winning comment.

And I have to say, I thought the same thing when I was editing Erica's article:

7. Voting No on Gridlock says:

In her analysis of Mallahan’s press release, Erica asked, “would any candidate be against ‘work[ing] with the Port of Seattle to help maintain its competitiveness moving freight and passengers through the region and beyond . . .?’”

The answer to that is Yes — Mike McGinn! How does Mike McGinn plan to move freight through our region if we replace the Viaduct with a surface transit option? The surface transit option will reduce Highway 99’s vehicle capacity by 50%, over 50,000 vehicles a day!

It’s bad enough to use gridlock to drive people out of their cars but what about the jobs that depend on our ability to move freight?

Protecting the Port’s competitiveness means moving forward to address our region’s transportation problems. That’s why Joe Mallahan has earned my vote.

10/07/2009 AT 9:01 AM