Oct 24, 2012
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Oct 24, 2012
Robert McClure commented on The Two Faces of Gael Tarleton.
Bravo to Brendan Kiley for delving into the too-often-opaque politics of the Port of Seattle.
The Port, of course, was much more thoroughly covered when the Seattle P-I was still circulating on the streets of Seattle.
While Kiley says accurately that he is “dramatically oversimplifying” the controversy concerning clean trucks, he did a good job at conveying the basics with an economy of words.
For those who might want to know more about that controversy, InvestigateWest and KCTS 9 did a two-part series, “Breathing Uneasy,” that thoroughly explores how pollution in the south end of Seattle, where diesel-fired port trucks regularly traverse the streets, is a hot-spot statewide for children stricken for asthma: http://bit.ly/m24TRr
InvestigateWest also followed up when Tarelton and other commissioners refused to speed up cleanup of the trucks: http://bit.ly/RD9N9S . And we covered subsequent protests when the national organization of ports met in Seattle: http://bit.ly/TUQt7b
Publicola also has tracked the trucks controversy pretty well, with a particular eye on the plight of the drivers. Here’s a recent example: http://bit.ly/TgcCjM
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The Port, of course, was much more thoroughly covered when the Seattle P-I was still circulating on the streets of Seattle.
While Kiley says accurately that he is “dramatically oversimplifying” the controversy concerning clean trucks, he did a good job at conveying the basics with an economy of words.
For those who might want to know more about that controversy, InvestigateWest and KCTS 9 did a two-part series, “Breathing Uneasy,” that thoroughly explores how pollution in the south end of Seattle, where diesel-fired port trucks regularly traverse the streets, is a hot-spot statewide for children stricken for asthma: http://bit.ly/m24TRr
InvestigateWest also followed up when Tarelton and other commissioners refused to speed up cleanup of the trucks: http://bit.ly/RD9N9S . And we covered subsequent protests when the national organization of ports met in Seattle: http://bit.ly/TUQt7b
Publicola also has tracked the trucks controversy pretty well, with a particular eye on the plight of the drivers. Here’s a recent example: http://bit.ly/TgcCjM
Robert McClure
InvestigateWest
Oct 24, 2012
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Oct 24, 2012
Robert McClure commented on The Two Faces of Gael Tarleton.
Bravo to Brendan Kiley for delving into the too-often-opaque politics of the Port of Seattle.
The Port, of course, was much more thoroughly covered when the Seattle P-I was still circulating on the streets of Seattle.
While Kiley says accurately that he is “dramatically oversimplifying” the controversy concerning clean trucks, he did a good job at conveying the basics with an economy of words.
For those who might want to know more about that controversy, InvestigateWest and KCTS 9 did a two-part series, “Breathing Uneasy,” that thoroughly explores how pollution in the south end of Seattle, where diesel-fired port trucks regularly traverse the streets, is a hot-spot statewide for children stricken for asthma: http://bit.ly/m24TRr
InvestigateWest also followed up when Tarelton and other commissioners refused to speed up cleanup of the trucks: http://bit.ly/RD9N9S . And we covered subsequent protests when the national organization of ports met in Seattle: http://bit.ly/TUQt7b
Publicola also tracked the trucks controversy pretty well, with a particular eye on the plight of the drivers. Here’s a recent example: http://bit.ly/TgcCjM
Robert McClure
InvestigateWest
More...
The Port, of course, was much more thoroughly covered when the Seattle P-I was still circulating on the streets of Seattle.
While Kiley says accurately that he is “dramatically oversimplifying” the controversy concerning clean trucks, he did a good job at conveying the basics with an economy of words.
For those who might want to know more about that controversy, InvestigateWest and KCTS 9 did a two-part series, “Breathing Uneasy,” that thoroughly explores how pollution in the south end of Seattle, where diesel-fired port trucks regularly traverse the streets, is a hot-spot statewide for children stricken for asthma: http://bit.ly/m24TRr
InvestigateWest also followed up when Tarelton and other commissioners refused to speed up cleanup of the trucks: http://bit.ly/RD9N9S . And we covered subsequent protests when the national organization of ports met in Seattle: http://bit.ly/TUQt7b
Publicola also tracked the trucks controversy pretty well, with a particular eye on the plight of the drivers. Here’s a recent example: http://bit.ly/TgcCjM
Robert McClure
InvestigateWest
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I didn't offer those pieces as backup to Mr. Kiley's reporting -- just as extra info for Stranger readers. We spoke with staff of the port but not port commissioners for the "Breathing Uneasy" story, and attended and covered the meeting where the 2-2-1 vote occurred, as described by Rev. Helmere.
I will again, though, commend Mr. Kiley and the Stranger for this in-depth reporting on the Port of Seattle. It's in short supply nowadays.