Tag: missing link

August 3, 2010

Bicycle Alliance leader wrecks, helped up by Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel worker

Publicola has a blurb today about a rough wreck the director of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington took last week. In some twist of fate, she was helped out by an employee of Salmon Bay Sand and Gravel, the company that has been most vocal in its opposition to closing the Ballard missing link of…
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tagged: bicycle alliance, burke-gilman, missing link, salmon bay sand & gravel
July 12, 2010

Name-calling in battle over Missing Link

The Seattle Times published a look at the battle over the Ballard missing link with a much needed zoomed-out view. Basically, the article asks, “What are we even fighting about anymore?” Is it about old vs new Ballard? Is it about industry vs dot-coms? Are bikers saying they don’t want blue collar jobs? Is industry…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman, missing link, salmon bay sand and gravel, seattle times
July 8, 2010

Lame businesses in Ballard try to further block Missing Link

Salmon Bay Sand and Gravel Co. and their “business” friends are at it again, trying to make sure the Burke-Gilman trail is never completed and that people continue having their pleasant rides turned suddenly into a potentially deadly and violent ride along Shilshole and Market.
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tagged: ballard, ballard bridge, business, missing link, salmon bay sand and gravel, shilshole