long break - quick ramble about waterfronts

i have not posted in forever
reasons being ones i don't want to share on here
politics sort of takes a holiday at times
i was an obama delegate to the democratic state convention
went with the boy
to spokane
river city
whatever sceptisim i may have had
coming from the west side of the state
i will say that spokane knows how to treat a waterfront
pedestrians completely rule the river on both sides
seattle by contrast
the supposedly progressive city
has vehicles in absurd intensity
on three levels along our waterfront
pedestrians assaulted by noise and pollution
we 7 1/2 years after the nisqually earthquake we
once again have 8 plans to replace the viaduct
an urban design crime against humanity
and at least 5 of the new schemes
are almost of the same criminal magnitude
what the pho?
why doe the state highway department
get to control the future of our urban waterfront?