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I was on my way to grab lunch today when I stumbled upon the groundbreaking ceremony for the Seattle Streetcar! Much to my delight, they were serving free food, so I stayed to eat a free pulled pork sandwich and watch speeches from Mayor Nickels, Sen. Murray, Rep. McDermott.. and even the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Maria Cino, who’s replacing Norm Mineta. This is what happens when your Senator sits on the Appropriations Committee, folks.

Anyway, despite all the talk of $4 million earmarks and “bringing home the bacon,” none of the speeches were as good as the pulled pork. Nevertheless, I did what any self-respecting blogger would do, and snapped some pics with my phone cam:

This is the kind of ceremony you get when your project has political heavies willing to go to bat for it. Meanwhile, in less-politically-favored transportation news, this is what the Seattle Monorail looks like these days:

So sad.