Another half-truth-filled posting, slanted and one-sided with conclusions drawn completely out of context. For instance, you rail that somehow Emily Reilly personally led the fight to cut bus routes, insinuating that she really hates bus riders and wants to make their lives miserable. Well, then, what were the other options? Raise the fares again to make bus service even less affordable to those who need it most? If she had done that, and kept the routes, you would be bashing her now as anti-poor because she made mass transit unaffordable. I guess there is the "if I lived in my dream world" scenario that you might offer: dissolve the police and fire departments and use that money for bus services. For the rest of us that operate in the real world, that is not an option.

Oh, the list is endless... for instance, the bond that was passed last January was lead by parents after the commission listed closure lists. It is these parents who misled the public (those who believed the campaign at least, which I am not one of), not just Emily Reilly.

What else... oh, yeah, your claim that the only new housing being developed in the City is $500,000 "suburban" housing. Well, I know that there is at least one new multi-unit complex on Pacific and Cathcart, with the inclusionary required amount of low-income apartments. It's close to the Metro Center and retail areas, so it's smart growth. While I'm not versed in all of the development in town, just living and being here I don't see that much new housing going up at all, certainly not McMansions like you claim.

Oh, and then there's the incredible new facility run by Mercy Housing in the Beach Flats. How you could possibly think that the units that were there previously were better than what is there now blows my mind. Yes, space was an issue and they (the developers, not the city, genius) could not build the exact number of new units. However, you fail to mention that this new complex, besides not being a slum run by the Seaside company, now has a day-care center and low-cost health clinic. So yes, a few units were lost, but look at what was gained.

On and on I could go. It just shows how one-sided, purposefully misconstruing you are in your statements, and why you have no credibility with anyone in this city. For all of us who know what the whole picture is (and, for the record, I have nothing to do with her campaign or any city council campaign for that matter) we see the positive. You and your cohorts prefer to skew and lie and mislead. Isn't it sad that you can't use the truth to make your points?