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I just got back from the Sound Transit groundbreaking ceremony. I can't believe they are actually starting construction. I've been waiting for this for a very long time. Yay light rail!
The event was very Seattle. All the standard groundbreaking details -- speeches, the shiny shovels, posing for photographs, etc. But there was also a Chinese dragon ceremony and the catered food included tofu sandwiches and a lot of very good Tully's coffee.
Mayor Nickels is still a bit of a phony, and Ron Sims impresses me more every time I hear him speak.
My god, maybe we'll have light rail after all. I had actually given up. Now if we could just kill off the monorail spectre...
The event was very Seattle. All the standard groundbreaking details -- speeches, the shiny shovels, posing for photographs, etc. But there was also a Chinese dragon ceremony and the catered food included tofu sandwiches and a lot of very good Tully's coffee.
Mayor Nickels is still a bit of a phony, and Ron Sims impresses me more every time I hear him speak.
My god, maybe we'll have light rail after all. I had actually given up. Now if we could just kill off the monorail spectre...