seattlepi.nwsource.com - 12/24/2008
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(Editor's Note: This story has been changed since it was first published. Andy Ryan is a spokesman for Seattle Public Utilities, not the Department of Transportation.) Workers have dropped 8,500 tons of sand on city streets to try to make roads more passable during this most recent snowstorm -- ...
heliogenic.blogspot.com - 12/23/2008
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heliogenic.blogspot.com —
Let's see, Puget Sound is full of sea
water, sea water is full of salt, but: "The...
icy streets are the result of Seattle's refusal to use salt, an effective ice-buster used by the state Department of Transportation and cities accustomed to dealing with ...
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No salt in Seattle
faustasblog.com - 12/29/2008
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faustasblog.com —
Seattle refuses to use salt; roads “snow packed”
by design “If we were using salt, you’d see...
patches of bare road because salt is very effective,” Wiggins said. “We decided not to utilize salt because it’s not a healthy addition to Puget Sound.” Puget ...
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seattletimes.nwsource.com - 12/31/2008
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Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels announces the city will
reverse course, and use road salt to melt ice...
in future storms. The city also will consider buying more snow-removal equipment.
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Seattle to use salt in future storms
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As cars skid, Frozenwatergate picks up speed
HorsesAss.Org —
Yesterday’s Seattle Times piece on Seattle DOT’s salt-free snow removal policy apparently struck a nerve with frustrated readers, at least judging by the four follow-up stories and editorials in today’s edition, plus two more in today’s Seattle P-I.
Huh. It turns out the lack of salt can cause high blood pressure too. Who knew?
Mayor Nickels better hope the city thaws out soon, before the nascent Frozenwatergate scandal threatens his reelection prospects. But for all ...
Where in the world is the Seattle City Council?
Sound Politics —
Where in the world is the Seattle City Council? Now that Greg Nickels is exposed as too incompetent to clear the city's streets, where are the Councilmembers? Someone from the Council should be trying to fill the void of the leadership left by the Mayor's collapse. Speak for the frustrated public? Offer a reasonable plan to get Seattle moving again? But no, the only relevant public statement that I can find from a Councilmember is this : City Councilwoman Jan Drago said she was unaware that the city had stopped using salt, but said that ecologically and environmentally it ...
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lawhawk.blogspot.com 12/24/2008 — Seattle has chosen to let nature determine when the police will respond to emergencies. The City has, in its infinite wisdom, opted to not throw salt down on the roads in the hilly city and will allow the "snow-packed" roads persist until warmer ...
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