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p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>Hey fellow BATS folks,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Casey Martin from KUOW would like to interview a TRU member about the stop closures at 12th and Jackson. Is anyone free? I am stuck on a long work project that I can’t get out of until this evening. But I’ve talked to Casey before (about the SLU streetcar and CM Saka’s now-defeated proposal to axe it) and he’s a great interviewer, very kind.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Wes</div><div><br></div><div>----- Original message -----<br></div><div>From: Casey Martin <<a href="mailto:cmartin@kuow.org">cmartin@kuow.org</a>><br></div><div>To: "<a href="mailto:katie@transitriders.org">katie@transitriders.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:katie@transitriders.org">katie@transitriders.org</a>>, Wes Mills <<a href="mailto:wesmills@wesmills.com">wesmills@wesmills.com</a>><br></div><div>Subject: KUOW request<br></div><div>Date: Tuesday, December 17, 2024 12:32<br></div><div><br></div><div type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div class="qt-elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;">Hey Katie and Wes,<br></div><div class="qt-elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;"><br></div><div class="qt-elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;"><div>Hope you two are staying dry today! <br></div><div> <br></div><div> Any chance someone from TRU is free today to talk about 12<sup>th</sup> & Jackson?<br></div></div><div class="qt-elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;"><br></div><div class="qt-elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;"><div>This would be taped, not live. I can meet you anywhere or happy to chat on the phone/ zoom.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> My questions:<br></div></div><div class="qt-elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;"><br></div><ul><li style="font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;list-style-type:"- ";"><div class="qt-elementToProof">What's your reaction to Metro's decision?<br></div></li><li style="font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;list-style-type:"- ";"><div class="qt-elementToProof">What would you like to see happen from the county and/ or city of Seattle?<br></div></li><li style="font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;list-style-type:"- ";"><div class="qt-elementToProof">Are you aware of closures like this happening before, either here in Seattle or elsewhere?<br></div></li></ul><div class="qt-elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;">Thanks so much,<br></div><div class="qt-elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;"><br></div><div class="qt-elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;"><div>Casey<br></div></div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;"><br></div><div id="qt-Signature" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;color:black;"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing:0px;-webkit-border-vertical-spacing:0px;box-sizing:border-box;"><tbody><tr><td style="width:128.891px;height:180px;"><div id="qt-x_signature-365-signature" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;color:black;"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-family:Calibri, Candara, Segoe, "Segoe UI", Optima, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;"><div><span style="color:blue;"><a href="http://www.kuow.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:none;"><img size="0" src="cid:e28a4ff4-9ef4-4f8b-b0bd-970ea903175f"></a></span> <br></div><div> <span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri;"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Casey Martin</b></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family:"Calibri Light";"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt;"> | <i>he/ him</i></span></span><br></div><div> <span class="font" style="font-family:"Calibri Light";"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt;">Reporter<br> <b>DIR</b>: (206) 712-5315<br> <b>EM</b>: </span></span><span style="color:rgb(65, 105, 225);"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri;"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt;"><u>cmartin@kuow.org</u></span></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family:"Calibri Light";"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt;"><br> <br> </span></span><span style="color:blue;"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Calibri Light";"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kuowpublicradio" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:none;"><img size="0" src="cid:20360a84-d0f6-42ee-9570-c91621b4f57a"></a></span></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family:"Calibri Light";"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></span><span style="color:blue;"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Calibri Light";"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kuow" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:none;"><img size="0" src="cid:5e1fccc4-3ea3-4b8d-8ae3-3568a497c217"></a></span></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family:"Calibri Light";"><span class="size" style="font-size:10pt;"><br></span></span></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><br></div></body></html>