"We are indeed in a pickle," Claudia Balducci said a few minutes ago, speaking more broadly about the ST board appointments. "It's not uncommon for us to get into pickles, but this is a particularly large pickle."

All CMs vote yes on the SPMA contract, as expected. Again, this is different from the SPOG contract, that we'll get to next.

Basically only rebuilt ones. New communities for them are essentially banned in the state.

And if you build that, you lock in future view protection from nearby properties!!! 🎉

Last week, we featured an op-ed by Stephen Fesler urging Sound Transit to fix station naming practices.

Rinck's amendment also adds additional passenger-only ferries as a priority in the transportation section.