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too, I am pretty sure.

wouldn't it be cool if there was a relatively easy, uniform way of reporting expenses on these projects, AND

the reports were on the web, daily?

BTW, I worked in database support at a HUGE company in redmond, supporting their management reporting databases, AND

the more MBAs you have creating labelling schemas for reporting purposes, the more crap information you have.

I did about 6 things in my 5 years there:

I went to planned meetings work,
I answered phones about work,
I answered emails about work,
I had water cooler chats about work,
I did work,
something else?

I worked for about 15 different bosses, in 3 different groups, each of which changed its name at least once.

how many hundreds of ways did I have to describe the work I was doing so some clown would have a spreadsheet to show everyone to demonstrate that ... s/he could use Excel?

rmm.

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by rmdSeaBos on Sat Aug 26, 2006 at 09:34:21 AM PST

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Being that I don't live where I will have to deal with most of the mess and confusion caused by either of the two choices that are being offered, I have some reluctance to tell Seattle voters how they should proceed.

I just wish those Seattle voters would have shown the same reluctance before voting for a new Tacoma Narrows bridge.  (Also by Bechtel.  Maybe I should drive through Shelton.)

Still, it bothers me that the other options are not being seriously considered, before a whole lot of time and money is spent making Bechtel even richer.  

The only options that are being offered are:

1.  Repair/rebuild the Viaduct (big time ugly).

2.  Put in a <B>below sea level</B> tunnel.  (very expensive and, as we've seen in Boston, fraught with cost overruns and safety problems.)

I've seen an option with a bridge that isn't being discussed, and there are probably others.

Still, it's Seattle's issue, as they will get to pay for it, both in terms of money and chaos during construction.  Keeping the transporation corridor open is important to the entire state, but Seattle will bear most of the burden, so they should decide.

by jbarelli on Sat Aug 26, 2006 at 10:41:17 AM PST

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