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p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>(To be clear, because I hit Send too soon, it’s that they who work—and one of them lives—in SLU want light rail sooner rather than later and to be connected to other transit, not on the edge like their employer seems to want.)</div><div><br></div><div>On Wed, May 22, 2024, at 15:21, Wes Mills wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><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.<br></div><div><br></div><div>On Tue, May 21, 2024, at 16:09, Katie Wilson wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt-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-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-qt-lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><span id="qt-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-qt-lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:8px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-left:0px;" class="qt-qt-lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div 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sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="qt-color" style="color:rgb(102, 102, 102);">Transit Riders Union</span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="qt-color" style="color:rgb(102, 102, 102);">https://transitriders.org</span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span><span class="qt-color" style="color:rgb(102, 102, 102);">206-781-7204</span></span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="qt-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="qt-color" style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153);">The Transit Riders Union is a democratic organization of working and poor </span></i><i><span class="qt-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="qt-color" style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153);">need to change society for the good of humanity and of the planet. 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