Tag: martin luther king county labor council

June 20, 2017

Missing Link mega study exhausts the debate + Why the Labor Council still opposes the trail

The smile on Councilmember Mike O’Brien’s face somehow grew even bigger than usual while listening to longtime trail opponents and advocacy staff at Cascade Bicycle Club praise each other for finally hammering out a Ballard Missing Link compromise after decades of arguments, expensive court battles and painful bike crash hospital visits. “I’m kinda all smiles,”…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, martin luther king county labor council, missing link, nicole grant

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