<div dir="ltr">I think he is your senator but to be sure you'd have to see to be sure: <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/">https://app.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/</a><div><br></div><div>I don't think we need to take a public position specifically re: RTO--employers are gonna do what they do and it's not going to be in our control.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, you're right that it provides an opportunity-- in response to RTO and the resulting traffic/environmental impact, I think it's a good time for us to bring back <a href="https://seattletransitblog.com/2019/09/25/orca-for-all/">Orca 4 All</a>! We were on track to pass it in 2020 (through the City Council) but then COVID happened and derailed everything. We have discussed bringing that back over the next year(s), and the city council race combined with RTO provides a good opportunity for us to press the issue.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 9:30 AM Peter Campbell <<a href="mailto:odell.campbell@gmail.com">odell.campbell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Rookie question to the group: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">There was a report on KUOW this morning spinning Amazon's RTO as a boon to County Metro. Honestly it sounded like a well-planted Amazon press release. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">What's our response to this? Do we experience tension vis-a-vis our support for Amazon employee organizing and the impact of RTO on transit ridership? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">I'm assuming Amazon's suggestion that their RTO policies are the savior of transit's ridership problem is bullshit—also given Senator Nguyen's point about how ineffective fares are as a source of revenue. I could see Amazon planting stories like this while also talking to policymakers about cutting transit funding if ridership doesn't increase. But I don't know! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Finally is Nguyen my state senator? I live in West Seattle just below the junction on Avalon. From the 20-minute interaction he seemed pretty good?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div>
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