<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Wes and co,</div><div><br></div><div>We are expecting Sound Transit to reveal the name of Candidate C(onstantine) soon when it puts Motion 2025-15 onto their <a href="https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/news-events/calendar/board-directors-meeting-2025-03-27">meeting agenda</a> for Thursday, when they plan to approve the hire. Would TRU like to comment for The Urbanist article on the topic or stick with your letter and previous statements?</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">We'll do a breaking news story shortly after the reveal.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000"><b style="font-size:12.8px">Douglas Trumm</b><span style="font-size:12.8px">, <i>Publisher</i></span></font></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Pronouns</span><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">: he, him</i><font color="#000000"><i><br></i></font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><a href="http://theurbanist.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">The Urbanist</a> | </span><font color="#000000">320.237.4771</font></div></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><b><br></b></div><img width="95" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xDCs6R9NPI36PZmfyVs2kB0wFjm93P_sXKvWwpAiV5xKV4GJ38nwYZ5gKLpoIs_VEMayhf6_Imquff"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM Wes Mills <<a href="mailto:wesmills@wesmills.com">wesmills@wesmills.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 class="msg-6569153591791423739"><u></u><div><div>Look who we’re agreeing with, I feel weird about that lol <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/take-the-secrecy-out-of-hiring-of-sound-transit-ceo/" target="_blank">https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/take-the-secrecy-out-of-hiring-of-sound-transit-ceo/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Sat, Mar 8, 2025, at 19:17, Katie Wilson wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="m_-6569153591791423739qt"><div>Go, Wes, go! <a href="https://komonews.com/news/local/sound-transit-delays-new-ceo-decision-amidst-transparency-ethical-complaints-seattle-link-train-express-bus-travel-commute-public-safety-economy-taxes-salary-washington-orca-sales-property-tax" target="_blank">https://komonews.com/news/local/sound-transit-delays-new-ceo-decision-amidst-transparency-ethical-complaints-seattle-link-train-express-bus-travel-commute-public-safety-economy-taxes-salary-washington-orca-sales-property-tax</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I’m gonna post this on the Wall too so sorry you’ll probably get another email.<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-line:none"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px"><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);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;word-spacing:0px"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px">Katie Wilson</span></span></span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px"><div style="font-style:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">General Secretary</span><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Transit Riders Union</span><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><a href="https://transitriders.org" target="_blank">https://transitriders.org</a></s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