New "Green" building energy hog

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<p>Ahhh Seattle, so PC–so dumb</p>

<p><a href=“http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/231282_energyuse05.html[/url]”>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/231282_energyuse05.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>And our vaunted proposed $11 Billion monorail appears to be DOA. Do we get the car tax money back?</p>

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<p>Wow. Just wow.</p>

<p>Did they forget double-paned glass in all the fuss over the limestone?</p>

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<p>we love to build expensive public buildings in seattle
We have spent $104 + million on a new school district headquarters- taking money out of the operations budget to pay down the loan resulting in teacher layoffs and other cuts to classrooms. :(</p>

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<p>Don’t even get me started on the new library. I still think somebody will eventually admit that thing is ugly and user-unfriendly. I was very much for a new library but that one makes me miss the old friendly little one we had.</p>

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<p>ya I don’t get it either- and what is with the lime green? It isn’t even lime it is chartreuse!</p>