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Republican Gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi has managed to find a new point of disagreement with Incumbent Chris Gregoire: the Evergreen Point Bridge.

According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Rossi's transportation plan calls for a eight lane bridge to be built in its place, whereas the current state plan calls for a the current four-lane span to be expanded to accomodate six lanes of traffic.

Gregoire quotes the price of his eight-lane option at $3.3 billion (the state estimates the current plan will cost $3.6 billion) and said to the Post-Intelligencer that the extra two lanes are needed.

"We have to have greater capacity,” Rossi said. "The bridge has been the same since I was two years old."

According to the article, Gregoire has called Rossi's proposal, “complete silliness”, citing the lack of neighboring roads to handle the increased traffic flow.

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels' comments at Thursday's City Club luncheon were just another example of sandbox politics - the kind favored by five-year-olds who don't play well with others.