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The photo Mayor Royer sent CM Williams after the opening of the Burke-Gilman Trail
First-year Seattle Mayor Charley Royer sent this photo to City Councilmember Jeanette Williams following the opening of the first section of the Burke-Gilman Trail in 1978. On it he wrote, “Jeanette — If they get one with training wheels, I’ll race you home. — Charley.” Williams died in 2008, and now Royer died Friday morning,…
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