September 22, 2006
Urban Visionary Dysphoria

Fulfilling a tantalizing promise made at least 13 months ago, former city council candidate, monorail kool-aid quaffer and all-around utopian visionary Grant Cogswell will leave Seattle, the P-I reports today. For the aspiring fiction writer who once opined, "True Seattle-ites...try not to cross Lake Washington," the last straw was that the Alaskan Way Viaduct will likely not be "replaced" with "more buses and an improved network of surface streets" bupkis; but a roadway of some sort instead. Good luck imploding asphalt in metro Mexico City, Hector - er, Grant. How do we know Cogswell's ethos is toxic? Check the byline of this tribute: "P-I staff." The shamefaced writer chose anonymity.

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at September 22, 2006 11:15 AM | Email This
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1. What a loser.

Seriously, this guy should just eat a bullet and get it over with.

Posted by: H Moul on September 22, 2006 01:36 PM
2. Maybe Spacely's Sprockets will give Cogswell a job...

Posted by: Reporterward on September 22, 2006 02:35 PM
3. Dude the Dead have moved on. I got nuthin to do!! Let's all live together on falafal.

Mexico City - "It's a very pleasant place to be when you get down on the street level,"

You've got to be kidding me!! I can't believe people were listen to this guy on issues.

Have fun and I hope you don't get trampled by the illegals coming this way. Ass!!

Posted by: Dengle on September 22, 2006 03:55 PM
4. Mexico City? Hmmmmm.

"Mexico City's air has gone from among the world's cleanest to among the dirtiest in the span of a generation."

I'm sure air you can see will really appeal to a real Northwest activist kinda guy.

Ha, ha, ha . . .

Posted by: G Jiggy on September 22, 2006 05:01 PM
5. As may late father used to say, don't let the door hit you in the backside on the way out, Grant.

Oh, and don't bother to write and let us know how you're doing. We don't care.

Posted by: stu on September 22, 2006 05:26 PM
6. Hey, if it gets one more liberal out of Seattle, I'd do a fundraiser if they ALL promise to leave!

Posted by: Emily on September 22, 2006 10:37 PM
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