TUCK the FUNNEL
It’s no secret…I LOVE THE VIADUCT!
Tonight, Friday the 13th of May 2011, the Seattle Viaduct (Hwy 99) will CHANGE FOREVER!!!
99 will close tonight @ 11:00 PM for the weekend and open Monday with ONLY TWO lanes open to traffic! Brace yourselves Seattle (Burien, Tukwilla, Seatac, Des Moines) it’s happening!!! We are (on our way to) losing our access to downtown Seattle and it’s only going to get worse (IT’S GOING TO GET UGLY!). Perhaps you’re a fan of the (boondoggle) tunnel or maybe you prefer a surface option (open-space-freeway-obstructed-hotel and condo-greenbelt-park)? Whatever, it’s gonna cost us a lot of money.
I am OUTRAGED!
The VIADUCT REPLACEMENT options previously sent to voters were once REJECTED by Seattle voters. The (proposed) tunnel is fraught with problems (not limited to: financial, logistic, engineering, etc…). There HAS to be a solution that doesn’t REDUCE traffic flow (2 lanes in either direction instead of the current 3) ALLOW ACCESS to DOWNTOWN SEATTLE (the tunnel allows NO ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN) that doesn’t cost (Seattle citizens, King County citizens, Washington State citizens) BILLIONS of (unaccounted for) dollars, demanding tolls (for an indeterminate time period) and DIVERT TRAFFFIC ONTO (ill-equipped) PIONEER SQUARE roads. WHAT THE FUCK? REALLY??
I am afraid.
I hope this video reminds you of what we have now and what we might lose if we don’t do anything.
Understanding My Place in the Social Network
I set up my wordpress account last year, only to post “hello”. I set up a few twitter accounts, only to watch and read other’s conversations. I set up a tumblr account & found myself gawking at beautiful digital image art. Everyday I read and occasionally I commented on ActiveRain, Trulia, Zillow and a handful of other real estate blogs.
I have used a variety of usernames, sometimes my full name (Phoebe Underwood), sometimes I eliminate the space between the ’e’ and ’U’ and I have also used different versions of my name (Phoebe206, PhoebeU, but NEVER my initials: PU (What stinks?) and sometimes I use my “brand” SheSellsSeattle.
At first I thought it best to separate myself from my brand (I am SO much more than just an agent selling real estate in Seattle!), concerned that SOME of my comments and opinions might not be what John & Jane Q. Public want to hear from their (potential) real estate agent. I’m wrong. My opinion does matter, the comments I make (nice or not) are a direct reflection of who I am and what I stand for; despite my earlier concern of offending the public (and my future clients) it IS important they should know my point of view.
This is it! I am joining the conversation using a combination of tools, streamlining my presence to fewer user names, using accounts I already have in place, with unabashed honesty.
Stay tuned for more conversation to come.
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