RVW,

I'm having to guess here as my pop culture IQ isn't on top of it all. Barney Frank was a TV cop? And all I know about the Seattle Mayor is that he seems to be a bit of a dork. However I am better acquainted with Seattle City Light because they are in the hydropower business, which I'm linked to, and I've been to Ladder Creek and know a bit about the history of it and J.D. Ross who was kind of a visionary engineer who had the bright idea to build dams on the upper Skagit and send the electricity to Seattle. He also built parks there, and at one point imported exotic plants and animals to an island in Diablo reservoir. That last part didn't work out, even though they moved the plants into green houses for the winter.

I was just curious what Martymoose's angle was. I'm still skeptical that the Seattle Mayor has any clue that Ladder Creek park exists. Hell he may not be aware of Ravenna park either, or many others not in west Seattle.

Sg