By Nate Jackson You’re not the only one who feels like they should be driving an ATV down parts of I-5 and other major roads. In fact, one out of four roads in the greater Seattle area is in desperate need of repair. We are not even talking about new roads and ramps; we’re talking…
by Nate Jackson The 99 percent are fed up with economic injustice. We want a better today where we can find good jobs and a better future for our children. Greedy CEOs have had their chance to run things, and we’ve seen what happened as a result: bailouts, tax giveaways to out of state corporations…
We have a jobs crisis here in Washington. But instead of getting us back to work by investing in transportation, education, and health care, Congress and the State Legislature are considering billions more in cuts. We need jobs, not cuts: 45 bridges in King County are “structurally deficient”. 349 more are “functionally obsolete.” $6 billion of…
If you ignore it, it won’t go away. by Nate Jackson They say when something becomes familiar it’s easy to ignore. We are so used to our crumbling roads and bridges that we forget that it took people to make them and people to maintain them. We just roll over them day in and day…
I-90 Balloon By Jenny Manning October 7, 2011 Renton members of Working Washington flew a 100-foot-tall balloon banner from Lake Washington Blvd. at South Irving in Seattle this morning to raise awareness of the American Jobs Act. They will do the same later today during the evening commute. Eastside commuters traveling along Interstate 90 this…
