I was able to focus on your needs. Time and again I communicated these needs to city councilmembers, library board members, the chamber of commerce folks and the political parties. In each and every instance, I promised only what I can deliver and delivered what I promised. We've had some successes. The North Beacon Hill Council is now a locus for communal discussion where people can come to discuss any question with respect.
Civil society is in the process of being restored.
City Hall listens with care and concern even if they do not always agree. Respect for Beacon Hill and the NBHC is being restored. When Sound Transit destroyed any possibility of a Light Rail Station on Beacon Hill by deleting the entire budget line for our station, several of us presented our position to the city council and the Sound Transit Board. They responded by adding back over 18 million dollars into the budget. Because we now can discuss issues in a civil atmosphere, the NBHC decided without rancor that the Wells Fargo site is the best location for the new library.