The Seattle Times reports today that Senate Transportation leaders may already be giving up on transportation, barely a third of the way through the legislative session.

Instead, Senator Curtis King has suggested holding a special session next December — after the November election — to complete a transportation tax package.

This leaves open the possibility that the Senate will for a second year in a row fail to act on badly needed freight mobility investments-- investments the business community is counting on to remain competitive.

It also leaves many to wonder why promises of a special session in 2014 will be any more likely to come to fruition than promises of a 2013 special session.