The Seattle Weekly article on I-25 quotes the senseless anti-I-25 arguments of Councilman Bob Ferguson.

Ferguson says he supports the charter change, but wants to postpone the election until 2009, owing to the recent appointment of Sherril Huff as Elections Director and his desire for "stability" in the Elections office.

When placed next to Ron Sims's (disingenuous) argument that an appointed elections director can be replaced more easily than an elected director, Ferguson's call for "stability" (i.e. the appointed director will stay in office longer) reveals the Democrats' arguments to be completely incoherent.

But it's even more insidious than that. Ironically, Ferguson inspired the citizen movement behind I-25 after he introduced a Council ordinance to put a similar charter change question on the ballot last year and then backing away from it when he realized the voters would approve the charter change. By emphasizing "stability" as the alternative to I-25, Ferguson is conceding, again, that he believes that the voters would approve the charter change if it were on the November ballot. He is also conceding that he believes the voters would elect someone other than Sherill Huff as Elections Director in February 2008.

Ferguson might sincerely believe that Sherill Huff is the best person to serve as Elections Director and run the 2008 election. But if that's the case, he would defer to the voters to make that choice and also campaign for Huff's election. But his actions indicate that he's convinced that's a campaign he can't possibly win. Ferguson might have other arguments against I-25 that he'd rather not voice, but his only stated argument against it is, in essence, that he believes the voters are in favor of it.