<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Looks like they’re fishing for controversy… I’m inclined not to reply (would have to run something by the GC to be official) but let me know if any of you think we should, and if so what we should say!</div>
<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kate Stone <kastone@bonneville.com><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Media Request: Delay of Federal Way Light Rail</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">June 1, 2023 at 2:18:05 PM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Katie Wilson <katie@transitriders.org><br></span></div><br><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi Katie,</div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Was just reaching out to see if there's any official comment from the Transit Riders Union on this:</div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; 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font-weight: 300; margin-right: 8px; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_light, "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 12px;"><a target="_blank" id="LPUrlAnchor166559" href="https://mynorthwest.com/3895206/federal-way-link-light-rail-extension-delayed-until-2026/" style="text-decoration: none;">Federal Way Link light rail extension delayed until 2026</a></div><div id="LPDescription166559" style="font-size: 14px; max-height: 100px; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-right: 8px; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Federal Way can't catch a break from Sound Transit. Link light rail service will be delayed another year, until 2026.</div><div id="LPMetadata166559" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(166, 166, 166);"><a href="http://mynorthwest.com/">mynorthwest.com</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Specifically, Federal Way's mayor seems to imply that people will not mind the delays. Was wondering if you had any input.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks so much.</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div id="Signature"><div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Kate Stone| Reporter</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px;">KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://mynorthwest.com/">MyNorthwest.com</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Bonneville Seattle Media Group</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;"><span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><a href="mailto:kastone@bonneville.com">kastone@bonneville.com</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px;">(206) 726-6397 (office)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: start; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;"><span style="margin: 0px;">(206) 580-6317 (cell)</span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>