<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>I see Efrain knocked out the op-ed and it is quite good! :) <a href="https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/05/22/op-ed-dont-delay-light-rail-expansion-with-slu-dithering/">https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/05/22/op-ed-dont-delay-light-rail-expansion-with-slu-dithering/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Glad to see this getting traction. I sent it to a couple of folks I know who work for Amazon and they’re (supposedly) passing it around internally as well. Here’s hoping ST listens.</div><div><br></div><div>On Tue, May 21, 2024, at 16:09, Katie Wilson wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style="overflow-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space;"><div>Looks like we’re getting some traction, probably largely because Harry posted this on Reddit… over 300 emails sent! Does anyone have time tonight to write a brief op-ed that The Urbanist can run tomorrow to further spread the action alert? It can be short and sweet! Let me know!<br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Katie<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 20, 2024, at 2:25 PM, Katie Wilson <katie@transitriders.org> wrote:<br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="overflow-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space;"><div>Hey all!<br></div><div><br></div><div><div>I just put together <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-sound-transit-board-dont-delay-on-slu/">a form email</a> so people can email the Sound Transit board by Thursday’s board meeting, urging them to follow the new staff recommendation on SLU station placement, <a href="https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/05/20/sound-transit-delay-in-slu/">as reported on in The Urbanist</a>. Please send emails and share if you can!<br></div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="display:block;"><div style="display:inline-block;" class="qt-apple-rich-link" role="link"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E5E6E9;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="qt-lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><span id="qt-cid:4E6E1F33-DF6A-4DE6-AB49-86B14368B5DD"><Screenshot-2024-04-26-12.26.43-PM.png></span><br></td></tr><tr><td><table bgcolor="#E5E6E9" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:#E5E6E9;" class="qt-lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:8px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-left:0px;" class="qt-lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-right:16px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:16px;overflow-x:hidden;overflow-y:hidden;" class="qt-lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="overflow-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow-x:hidden;overflow-y:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="qt-lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-sound-transit-board-dont-delay-on-slu/" style="text-decoration-line:none;"><span class="color" style="color:#272727;">Tell Sound Transit Board, Don't Delay on SLU</span></a><br></div><div style="overflow-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow-x:hidden;overflow-y:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="qt-lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-sound-transit-board-dont-delay-on-slu/" style="text-decoration-line:none;"><span class="color" style="color:#808080;">actionnetwork.org</span></a><br></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div><div><br></div><div><div dir="auto" style="letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;text-wrap-mode:wrap;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-line:none;overflow-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;text-wrap-mode:wrap;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-line:none;overflow-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space;"><div style="letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;text-wrap-mode:wrap;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space;"><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;text-wrap-mode:wrap;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;"><span style="color:#666666;"><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;">Katie Wilson</span></span></span><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;text-wrap-mode:wrap;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;"><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="color" style="color:#666666;">General Secretary</span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="color" style="color:#666666;">Transit Riders Union</span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="color" style="color:#666666;">https://transitriders.org</span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span><span class="color" style="color:#666666;">206-781-7204</span></span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="color" style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153);"></span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><i><span class="color" style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153);">The Transit Riders Union is a democratic organization of working and poor </span></i><i><span class="color" style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153);">people, including students, seniors, and people with disabilities, taking control over our own lives, and building up the power we </span></i><i><span class="color" style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153);">need to change society for the good of humanity and of the planet. We will </span></i><i><span class="color" style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153);">fight to preserve, expand, and improve the public transportation system in </span></i><i><span class="color" style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153);">Seattle and beyond, so that every human being has access to safe, </span></i><i><span class="color" style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153);">affordable, and reliable public transit.</span></i><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>Transit mailing list<br></div><div><a href="mailto:Transit@transitriders.org">Transit@transitriders.org</a><br></div><div><a href="http://lists.transitriders.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/transit">http://lists.transitriders.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/transit</a><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>