Or that’s the idea anyway.

Metro has sent out a reminder that the King County Council votes next week to implement a two-year $20 car tab fee, or to let the voters decide in November whether to cut 600,000 service hours. Yeah, that’s 600,000 service hours.  The stakes are high for commuters.

The King County Council will vote on Monday, August 15th.  Public testimony has been closed–the Council will take final action at the August 15 meeting.

Included in the Metro reminder, titled “Update on Congestion Reduction Charge, Service Cuts Proposals” was this:

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My orange tabby cat, Molly Ivins, displayed a great deal of courage last month when she didn’t freak out over the Family Fourth fireworks like she usually does.  But the late July thunder just about did her in.

Molly’s next challenge?  The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will be in town this Thursday – Sunday for Seafair Weekend.

Flying schedule:

Sonic booms reverberating off the mountains and hillsides around here can be distressing, and not just …

Update: there was a kitchen fire at 3907 Wallingford Avenue. No injuries reported. Traffic is now back to normal.

Wallingford Avenue is closed by the Seattle Fire Dept from 40th down to about 37th due to some sort of incident — as best I could tell from the cab I was just in, a car accident.

Northbound Metro buses are sitting at Wallingford & 37th, unable to go north or reroute through the small streets nearby.

We’ll keep you posted if/as we learn more.  Probably best to take Stone Way north & south for the time being.

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