Who'd a thunk it!

That Didn't Take Long: Council's Relationship With McGinn Sinks Under Pressure of Seawall Vote

Mayor Mike McGinn's intention to hold a special election in May, allowing city voters to approve or reject funding for replacing the downtown seawall, was rebuffed by the Seattle City Council this afternoon in a stern letter.

What floors me is that several years ago there was an intense urgency by all the politicos to "fix the sea wall." It was an "EMERGENCY!" in big letters.

So now the Mayor says "OK, let's fix it."

And then the Council says "Hold on now."

My initial take is that the Council is flummoxed and have no idea what McGinn is all about; the Council is suspicious and wonder if McGinn may have some double. triple or quadruple anti-tunnel plan which plays into a ballot measure for the sea wall.

But is McGinn actually that clever? And now found the Council must do something because McGinn must be up his sleeve and some devilishly clever feint? And McGinn has put the Council off-balance? 

Or has McGinn just fumbled? And precipitously decided that he wants to "take action?"

I have no idea but the situation is certainly fantastic if you like political intrigue.