Wrecking Reform; Ed Murray Kills Sound Transit Accountability Bills

From: The Stranger | Date: April 16, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

AFTER FIRST hunkering down at opposite tables in the state house cafeteria in Olympia late Friday afternoon, April 4, the two opposing camps--activists demanding Sound Transit accountability and the beleaguered light rail agency itself--squared off in a packed hearing room in front of Rep. Ed Murray's (D-43) House Transportation Committee. During testimony in support of a bill calling for an elected Sound Transit board, Bothell City Council Member Dick Paylor summed up: "To support [the bill] is a strong statement to voters," he said, after explaining that his community had lost faith in ...

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