Dear Editor,

I was dismayed to see in your April 8 issue that the (Seattle City) Council's Transportation Committee and Grace Crunican (director of the Seattle transportation department) are so out of touch with reality.

The idea of asking for bids when there is no project money in hand is asking to end up with egg on one's face. Why? It costs a company effort, time and money to put a bid together. Why would a company bet on such a long shot in this economy? Who would bid?
 
Secondly, no one is even considering the on-going superior court case (08-2-42608-4) (owner of 1000 Mercer St., West Marine location, vs. the City of Seattle). My gut says that, based on his prior court cases, he is not about to give up easily. If he were to lose, I could see him appealing. It's going to be difficult to do the Mercer Project without that land.
 
Martha Tofferi
Magnolia