mile wide and an inch deep.

I will propose more money so we have the same number of beds or maybe a few more. I believe I can promise that,

They can’t save enough without fundamentally altering the line, and for that, you have to go back to the voters.

I took a chance on you being here this morning,

We’ve all had a lot of opportunity to work on the idea of preparedness.

Also, the monorail could be forced to start the entire bidding process all over again, adding another two years and tens of millions of taxpayer dollars before a spade of dirt is turned,

[Hurricane Katrina has challenged Seattle officials to] take a look at all our assumptions, … We assumed we could supply all our emergency services. We need to see where emergency services did not work in...

We are all asking the same questions about how something like this could happen in our city.

very concerned about his [Lee’s] mental stability and his violent behavior.

This is perhaps the most disappointing day for me since I became mayor nearly four years ago,

We know that Seattle is mentioned frequently … a computer was found in Afghanistan showing pictures of Seattle-area landmarks. So we are in constant contact with the FBI and with other federal authorities,

A February ballot is too late for the taxpayers,

You can’t solve a real revenue problem with rosy projections,

SMP will not have a valid bid to build the Green Line after December 15. I can see only significant costs and no benefit in delaying the decision on the monorail’s future until February,

We’ve got to do it gracefully.

A delay does not solve the revenue problem,

We’ve got to do it gracefully,

A delay does not solve the (monorail) revenue problem, … They can’t save enough without fundamentally altering the line, and for that you have to go back to the voters.

will still produce considerable overlook and shadowing on adjoining streets.

slow to respond to the monorail.

Families are going to be a challenge.

We have had no specific or credible threats, but we don’t take that as any kind of comfort. We know we need to be ready and we know that, that vigilance is the price of...

Seattle has not adjusted the tax threshold since 1994, … The raised threshold offsets the effect of inflation since that time.

has given me no choice but to advocate for the termination of this project.

The people of Seattle know I’m a mayor willing to make tough decisions.

Thanks to a strong local economy, we can expect significantly more sales and business tax revenue, … Strong real estate sales will also provide much more revenue for the city than initially forecast.