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Extra Fizz: Way to Go Jake

Politics   January 26, 2010 at 8:54 am Josh Feit

Former Cola news intern, Jake Blumgart, has landed a paying gig at the Stranger, writing for the Slog.

He has a piece this morning about a battle at the Port of Seattle starring Mayor Mike McGinn vs. Port of Seattle CEO Tay Yoshitani. The scrap is over truckers’ organizing rights. McGinn is pro.


  • tpn

    Mr. Blumgart gets it. McGinn, OTOH, is up to his ass in alligators, and maybe ought to stop pretending that his tunel opposition does anything other then undermine blue collar jobs at the Port (esp terminals 30 and 46 and the BNSF yard in SoDo) On this issue, he contradicts himself big time, which makes him untrustworthy.

  • tpn

    Mr. Blumgart gets it. McGinn, OTOH, is up to his ass in alligators, and maybe ought to stop pretending that his tunel opposition does anything other then undermine blue collar jobs at the Port (esp terminals 30 and 46 and the BNSF yard in SoDo) On this issue, he contradicts himself big time, which makes him untrustworthy.

  • Wells

    Many hundreds more jobs are created with a cut-n-cover tunnel, yet, it would cost less, handle traffic better and produce a better Alaskan Way. Boo hoo, motorists would be inconvenienced during construction. But here’s a big butt for you, motorists will be inconvenienced indefinitely with the deep-bore tunnel as it is expected to create bumper-to-bumber gridlock on the new Alaskan Way and Mercer Street. Cue Twilight Zone theme song….

  • Wells

    Many hundreds more jobs are created with a cut-n-cover tunnel, yet, it would cost less, handle traffic better and produce a better Alaskan Way. Boo hoo, motorists would be inconvenienced during construction. But here’s a big butt for you, motorists will be inconvenienced indefinitely with the deep-bore tunnel as it is expected to create bumper-to-bumber gridlock on the new Alaskan Way and Mercer Street. Cue Twilight Zone theme song….

  • leaward40

    Definitely a good article, maybe the Stranger will fill the gap left by other press outlets on Port of Seattle issues. And, hey, look there’s our new Mayor doing something good for the environment and jobs — very nice.

  • leaward40

    Definitely a good article, maybe the Stranger will fill the gap left by other press outlets on Port of Seattle issues. And, hey, look there’s our new Mayor doing something good for the environment and jobs — very nice.

  • tpn

    Yes, hundreds of TEMPORARY jobs, displacing PERMANENT ones. Oh the Clinton years; not so far behind us here it seems.

  • tpn

    Yes, hundreds of TEMPORARY jobs, displacing PERMANENT ones. Oh the Clinton years; not so far behind us here it seems.