I'm not going to defend the governor, I've disliked her since her AG days, but at least start your rant at the right point. She said 4.2 billion, not 8. Of course it'll cost more than the estimate by the time they overcome the constant naysayers and perpetually negative types like you.

That's one of the reasons the Seattle area is in such a mess traffic wise. No one can make a decision, and when they finally do, they have to fight decades of road blocks to build anything.
Do you think any other place ever gets things built for the original estimatae?

And that tired argument about east side taxes going to west side projects. Spare me that BS. The east side is a net tax import area; in other words, west siders pay for a good share of those freeways in Spokane.