[TRU Research] Researching Kent / South King County?

[Jim Walseth]

What Harry said. I'm in Montana this week, but happy to take on a discrete
task or two as this develops.
Jim

On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 11:46 AM Harry Maher <harryb.maher at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can't make a meeting this week but please let me know if you all come up
> with something that you think that I/we can help with and keep me in the
> loop for future meetings/research/etc. It is v. exciting!
>
> Thanks!
> Harry
>
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 9:21 AM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Ok, how about this Thursday, 5:30pm at Victrola on 15th? Stephen and
>> Douglas, does that work for both of you? Anyone else?
>>
>> Let me know if we need to adjust the time, and I’m happy to consider
>> different locations too.
>>
>> Katie
>>
>> On Jul 18, 2021, at 7:40 PM, sextondouglas <sextondouglas at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Yes and also free Thurs/Fri evening
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
>> Date: 7/18/21 5:53 PM (GMT-08:00)
>> To: Stephen DeSanto <rachidian at gmail.com>
>> Cc: research at transitriders.org
>> Subject: Re: [TRU Research] Researching Kent / South King County?
>>
>> Great! Anyone else?
>>
>> I’d be up for meeting late this week (Thursday/Friday?) or sometime the
>> following week.
>>
>> Katie
>>
>> On Jul 16, 2021, at 2:46 PM, Stephen DeSanto <rachidian at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Katie. It's good to hear from you. I have time to help research.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 1:48 PM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Research & Data team!
>>>
>>> It’s been a while. I hope you’re all doing well and enjoying the summer.
>>> At last night’s membership meeting we passed the resolution below, to
>>> explore organizing in South King County. As a few of you already know,
>>> there are reasons to be especially interested in the city of Kent, which
>>> has strong connections with Amazon (warehouses & Blue Origin) and a pretty
>>> crappy city council & mayor (though that could change somewhat in this
>>> election).
>>>
>>> If we are to plan a successful campaign in Kent or South King County,
>>> we'll need to do quite a bit of RESEARCH. Anyone game for helping out with
>>> this over the next few months?
>>>
>>> I don’t have a list of specific questions, but a lot of vague ideas.
>>> Might be good to meet up (in person even?) and brainstorm. Let me know if
>>> you’re interested!
>>>
>>> - Katie
>>>
>>> —————————
>>>
>>>
>>> Resolution #152 on organizing in South King County
>>>
>>> Proposed by the General Council
>>>
>>> WHEREAS with the Stay Housed Stay Healthy campaign, TRU has for the
>>> first time attempted to move legislation in cities outside Seattle, with
>>> some success; and
>>>
>>> WHEREAS through this campaign TRU has begun to build connections with
>>> organizations, community leaders and elected officials throughout King
>>> County; and
>>>
>>> WHEREAS many of the issues of the greatest importance to TRU members—
>>> including public transit and transportation, housing and homelessness— are
>>> truly regional; and
>>>
>>> WHEREAS there is in general much less grassroots organizing and
>>> power-building happening outside Seattle than within; and
>>>
>>> WHEREAS as Seattle as gentrified, many working and poor people and
>>> people of color have been pushed out to the rest of King County, especially
>>> to South King County; and
>>>
>>> WHEREAS the city councils in many King County cities are dominated by
>>> big business, landlord and wealthier homeowner interests; and
>>>
>>> WHEREAS it has always been the vision of TRU to expand beyond Seattle to
>>> become a truly King County-wide (at least!) organization; and
>>>
>>> WHEREAS it has also always been the vision of TRU to grow from being a
>>> relatively small group of dedicated activists to become a large, mass-based
>>> organization able to support more than just a couple paid staff, so as to
>>> be able to more effectively engage large numbers of members and coordinate
>>> large numbers of volunteers to win major victories; and
>>>
>>> WHEREAS achieving this will not happen without concerted effort,
>>> strategic planning and resources,
>>>
>>> THEREFORE BE IT
>>>
>>> RESOLVED to authorize TRU’s General Secretary and General Council to
>>> begin investigating potential for a 2022 organizing campaign focused in
>>> South King County and to develop one or more preliminary campaign sketches
>>> to bring to the next Membership Meeting for further discussion.
>>>
>>>
>>> Katie Wilson
>>> General Secretary
>>> Transit Riders Union
>>> https://transitriders.org
>>> 206-781-7204
>>>
>>> *The Transit Riders Union is a democratic organization of working and
>>> poor **people, including students, seniors, and people with
>>> disabilities, taking control over our own lives, and building up the power
>>> we **need to change society for the good of humanity and of the planet.
>>> We will **fight to preserve, expand, and improve the public
>>> transportation system in **Seattle and beyond, so that every human
>>> being has access to safe, **affordable, and reliable public transit.*
>>>
>>> *I also write opinions <https://crosscut.com/author/katie-wilson> for
>>> Crosscut. **Sign up for my newsletter here <http://eepurl.com/g_D3nf>.*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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