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Compared to one year ago, Detroit’s big three automakers are showing a shocking turnaround. While Chrysler has only shown a slowing of their financial hemorrhage, Ford reported profits of $2.1 billion, and GM, despite not having yet reported a profit, has managed to pay off its $5.8 billion treasury loan early.

Though these numbers certainly paint a promising picture, experts remain skeptical. “I think for all three, this is a fragile recovery,” said Michelle Krebs, senior analyst for Edmunds.com. “We’re looking at an April where sales are down from March, and we don’t see the second half sales that robust. It’s going to be a little bumpy.”

The biggest challenge now for Chrysler is their lack of products in the pipeline; GM and Ford have considerably more vehicles set to rollout, while Fiat predicts that it will be a few years before we see a relevant influx of vehicles. Ford mentioned that its debt is still a weighing factor, as it was not able to clear the debt that GM and Chrysler did by declaring bankruptcy.

Experts agree that it is imperative for automakers to operate leaner than in the past. Recent factory closings have enabled the manufacturers to save large amounts of money, and one expert believes that Toyota’s recent problems will effect Perception of quality of domestics versus imports.

– By: Stephen Calogera

Source: CNNMoney

To: UT Knoxville-area Faculty and Staff

From: Chief Information Officer Scott Studham

Subject: OIT Improvements

The Office of Information Technology (OIT) launched a customer satisfaction on February 9, 2010, with the purpose of gathering input on your satisfaction with the IT services OIT provides and your ideas for improvement. I personally want to provide an update on how OIT is responding to the results and comments of this survey.

A total of 3,287 surveys were completed (faculty, 491; staff, 937; students, 1,859). A summary of the survey results and all comments is available at http://oit.utk.edu/2010survey.

Three areas that received the lowest overall satisfaction ratings were electronic mail (Tmail, Exchange), UT Web search engine, and online class registration (Circle Park Online). OIT is diligently working to improve all three of these areas.

This year, OIT will upgrade e-mail for faculty/staff from the current 250MB mailboxes to 1GB, with an additional 1GB available upon request. OIT will begin migrating faculty and staff to Exchange 2010 over the summer and continue through the fall.

OIT is working with the Office of Communications and Marketing to implement Google as UT Knoxville’s primary search engine. In May, OIT will implement Google’s custom search on the UTK.edu website. This free service will bring the power of Google search, but with certain Google-imposed limitations. Later in the summer we will implement the Google search appliance. This will remove the limitations and will bring the full power of Google search to UT Knoxville while also enabling OIT to ensure that new pages are indexed in a timely manner. Throughout this process we welcome input on how well it works and will make adjustments accordingly.

Banner Online Services will replace Circle Park Online, starting with registration for Spring 2011. It will provide 24/7 service and will be integrated with the portal to allow single sign-on to Banner, Online@UT (Blackboard) and DARS. You will have more web-enabled access to class roster information, teaching schedule and advisee information.

The portal (single sign-on) is being developed at the request of students via the Student Government Association (SGA) and the Technology Fee Appropriations Board (TAB). This piece is just a part of an overall UT System initiative to standardize our student information systems on a mainstream commercial product and move away from our in-house developed systems. The implementation of Banner also will allow us to retire our IBM mainframe technology for a cost savings of approximately $650,000 per year.

In closing, I invite you to follow OIT on Twitter for IT status updates and other important information at http://twitter.com/UT_OIT.

You also can subscribe to the IT Weekly, a brief weekly e-mail I send to keep the UT Knoxville community aware of IT developments and other timely information. To subscribe go to http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/itweekly.html and click on “Join or leave the list (or change settings).” The IT Weekly archive is available at https://utworks.tennessee.edu/oit/itweekly/default.aspx.

[JURIST] Law enforcement officials on Thursday told the Wall Street Journal [media website] that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] is opening a criminal investigation [WSJ report] of Goldman, Sachs & Co. [corporate website] for possible securities fraud in mortgage trading. Two weeks ago, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) [official website; JURIST news archive] filed civil charges [JURIST report; WSJ backgrounder] against Goldman Sachs. While the SEC referred the case to the DOJ, the criminal case will focus on different evidence. It is not certain yet whether criminal charges will be filed against Goldman Sachs.

The German government announced [JURIST report] that it was considering legal action against Goldman Sachs just two days after the SEC filed a civil suit [complaint, PDF] against the bank. The SEC complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website], alleges that Goldman made misleading statements and omissions to investors in early 2007 in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 [text, PDF] and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [text, PDF]. Goldman’s alleged conduct in marketing collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) [Investopedia backgrounder] to investors lies at the core of the controversy. Goldman responded [press release] to the allegations by denying all wrongdoing. The SEC is seeking “injunctive relief, disgorgement of profits, prejudgment interest, civil penalties and other appropriate and necessary equitable relief from both defendants,” remedies considered appropriate in securities fraud cases.

The Motorola Shadow burst onto the scene in the waning hours of 2009 with a specs list that read like a geeks wish list and some colorful renders that further whet the appetite. Rumors abounded that it could be the follow up to the then new Nexus One. Motorola threw flames on the fire when they confirmed during their Q4 earnings call that they would be offering “at least one direct-to-consumer device with Google.

As is often the way with these things the information dried up and the Shadow drifted back into the inky blackness of the internet with only the true die hards keeping the spark of interest alive.

So we fast forward to yesterday when a smartphone identified as the Motorola MB810 receives its WiFi certification. That name is significant as the Motorola Sholes Tablet (or the MOTOROI as it came to be known later) is the MB710. This suggests an upgraded version of the MOTOROI which lines up nicely with everything we know about the Shadow.

Additionally tying the MB810 to the Shadow is a tweet from @androiddevicespy on March 12th simply saying “cdma_shadow/MB810/cdma_shadow/verizon #android.” That user tweets nothing but Android device signatures like that one with the #android hashtag, but where they are originating from I don’t know.

A few supposedly real images have been spotted that certainly match up nicely with everything that I have heard about the Shadow and also definitely reflect the Droid lineage. Those images and the original render from December are in the gallery below; they certainly share the same general dimensions and appearance.

The specs below should not be taken as gospel by any means as they has been gleaned from some of the insiders that frequent Howard forums and obviously cannot be verified at the moment, but the users that are disseminating this information have certainly proven to be reliable in the past.

Regarding the processor; you should check out this video demo from MWC if you were wondering how it compares to the Droid’s 550 MHz OMAP3430. Do not conclude that it is underpowered just because it isn’t 1 GHz or above.

Obviously a lot of this rumor and speculation, but taken as a whole the evidence becomes fairly compelling that the Shadow is out there and possibly coming soon.

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[JURIST] Canadian Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] on Friday refused for the second straight day to attend preliminary hearings relating to his pending murder and terrorism charges [JURIST report], claiming he is being mistreated by military guards. On Thursday, Khadr refused to attend the proceedings, stating [WP report] that the blackout goggles required by military protocol were aggravating an eye conditions which needed medical attention. Khadr did appear for hearings on Thursday afternoon after Judge Patrick Parrish indicated he would be brought by force if he did not present himself willingly. Khadr did not attend Friday’s hearings after refusing to submit to a search prior to being transported. He contends that the search was meant to intimidate and humiliate him. Parrish indicated that he would not question security protocols and ruled that Friday’s proceedings would continue without Khadr because he had voluntarily chosen not to attend. This week’s hearings are being held in order to determine if statements made by Khadr during his interrogation should be suppressed [JURIST report]. They are to be the last preliminary hearings before his US military commission [JURIST news archive] trial in July.

Khadr’s lawyers filed an emergency motion [JURIST report] in February in the Federal Court of Canada [official website] challenging the decision of the Canadian government not to seek his repatriation from the United States [JURIST report]. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled [JURIST report] in January that the government was not obligated to seek Khadr’s return to Canada despite having violated his rights under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms [text]. Khadr has allegedly admitted to throwing a hand grenade [JURIST report] that killed a US soldier in Afghanistan.

Uma das novas tecnologias no mundo automotivo, o pneu inteligente, poderá estar disponível no mercado a partir de 2013, de acordo com as ultimas noticias. Adotado de sensores, o chip Cyber Tyre conversará com o modulo central dos veículos e além de informações dos pneus e será capaz de fornecer dados das condições da pista onde o pneu estiver em contato.

De acordo com a Schrader Eletronics, fabricante de sensores eletrônicos, a companhia vem desenvolvendo em conjunto com a Pirelli o sistema, que também possibilitará o acionamento mais preciso e antecipado dos sistemas de controle eletrônicos, como o ABS, ASR e o ESP, que atualmente entram em ação após o motorista já estar perdendo o controle do veiculo.

A maior precisão do sistema é obtido através de um sensor acelerômetro triaxial que é capaz de medir as forças que atuam nos três sentidos dos pneus. Apesar de ainda estar em uma fase prematura, uma versão mais simples do chip já estará no mercado a partir desse ano e suas funções estarão limitadas em medir apenas a pressão, temperatura e características de construção do pneu.

Fonte:4WheelsNews

Filed under: Budget, Europe, Plants/Manufacturing, Crossover, Hatchback, Chevrolet, GM, Canada, South Korea

Rumor has it that General Motors won’t be selling the new seven-passenger Orlando here in the United States come 2011, or ever for that matter. According to Automotive News, GM has said that it will be skipping the people-mover in order to focus its attention on the models Chevrolet currently sells. Margaret Brooks, Chevrolet’s product marketing director for small cars and crossovers, said that the company’s current portfolio easily takes care of any family’s needs.

While buyers in Canada, Europe and Asia will still be able to buy the new Orlando as scheduled, GM has decided to increase production of the Equinox, Traverse and Malibu here in the U.S. to make up for the missing model. The move is still somewhat of a shock, especially considering how hard GM was pushing the Orlando as part of its new product lineup just one year ago.

The decision to drop the Orlando does make sense, though. Despite the fact that the vehicle was based on the much smaller Cruze platform, it would be elbowing its way into an already packed showroom dominated by the likes of the popular Equinox. Those needing a little more space for their brood or luggage can still easily step up to a Traverse.

Meanwhile, Automotive News reports that the Cruze is still scheduled to begin production later this year.

[Source: Automotive News]

Report: GM cancels plan to sell Chevrolet Orlando in U.S. originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When did America risk coming to be ruled by foreign scientists and apparatchiks at the United Nations? The answer, it would seem, is ever since Lisa Jackson, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Obama, chose to issue a rule determining that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger the public health and welfare.

Administrator Jackson acted to make her so-called “endangerment finding” on December 7, 2009, and befitting the historically tone-deaf selection of Pearl Harbor day for her announcement, the precipitous action embodied in the endangerment rule will also unleash immense negative consequences for the American economy entirely unexpected by most of the citizenry.

What would come as an even greater surprise to the public is that the endangerment rule is inextricably rooted in science performed by UN-designated scientists and reports written by UN bureaucrats. “I cannot think of any instance where the EPA depended so heavily on non-EPA synthesis reports to justify proposed regulatory action in [its] almost 39 years of existence,” noted Dr. Alan Carlin alarmingly.

Economist Dr. Carlin has been an employee of the EPA for 38 of those 39 years, performing complex risk assessments for EPA regulations. So his qualifications to look back with a keen eye across EPA’s history are tough to match. And yes, this would be the same Dr. Carlin that the EPA attempted to muzzle last spring and summer for arguing, within the halls of the agency, that the endangerment rule was unsupported. In an administration that congratulates itself for being the most transparent in history, Dr. Carlin was directly told to stop his work on the endangerment rule.

Source: pajamasmedia.com

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The iPad 3G is the iPad I’ve been waiting for. It’s got two things the regular iPad doesn’t: 3G internet from AT&T and assisted GPS. The results we got from testing might surprise you, I think. More »

Well, hello! We knew it was coming, but it looks like an official Twitter app is now available in the Android Marketplace. It’s free and looks fantastic: More »

Eliminating low-traffic services a blow we can take

Editor, The Times:

Rather than threatening the usual deep cuts to police, courts and public health [“County sales tax could go up,” page one, April 29, 2010], I have a novel approach to King County’s budget woes.

The proposed increase in the sales tax would generate $47 million to the county and $32 million to the cities for a total of $79 million. Sound Transit and Metro Transit already receive 1.8 percent of the sales tax, which should equate to $711 million in subsidies.

I don’t know about you, but I value the police, courts and public health considerably more than subsidizing a transit system I don’t use. I suggest our fearless leaders get real and increase the fares on the various bus routes to cover the shortage, or get real innovative and thin the ranks of the county work force and maybe even reduce their lavish benefit program.

— Robert Fluke, Woodinville

Tough cuts part of Constantine’s career

This is King County Executive Dow Constantine’s version of water torture — dribble, dribble, dribble until you are choked broke.

He offers false choices: We pay more or he lays off law-enforcement personnel. A made-to-order guilt option. It is blatant political manipulation to always use fire, police and rescue services as the budget victim.

Let’s take a hard look at other cost-cutting choices, such as delaying a renovation or replacement project, eliminating the nice-to-have West Seattle passenger ferry or rescinding a part of the pay increases for county employees.

How about living within your current budget, just like the rest of us have to do?

— Tom Ruszala, Seattle

What happened to Constantine’s no-tax promise?

Although he pledged not to raise taxes in a recession during his campaign, here we have it. Dow Constantine wants to raise the sales tax five months after his election.

When I buy something for $1, I am going to be taxed 9.7 percent. Where do I get the .7 cents? That is impossible, so I am actually going to pay 10 cents.

Sure, it makes a difference if I am buying something for $30,000 —it is going to cost me an extra $90 in taxes. But would I care if I could afford to spend $30,000? Constantine displays a graph showing the “projected” gap between county expenses and revenue for the next 20 years. How ridiculous is that? Need I remind him it was just a few short years ago the state of Washington enjoyed a surplus? What happened to it?

Those in the political fish bowl say increase taxes. That is all they know because they cannot think outside the fish bowl, as long as it does not affect their benefits.

I hate to say it, but, when the elections in November comes, I am voting straight Republican —something I have never done. That is my way of protesting the passage of more taxes on the people in the state of Washington, passed simply by Democrats in a time when millions of working-class folks need anything but that.

It is time for politicians to stick by their agenda and pledge to the voting public and stop taking the easy way out.

— Richard Lambert, Auburn

Posted by Hal Dardick at 4:15 p.m.



New Chicago city employees should retire later with lower pension plan benefits, even after contributions to those plans are increased, according to a report released today by a committee Mayor Richard Daley appointed more than two years ago.



The changes are needed because there is only $10.9 billion in the city’s four pension funds — a shortfall of nearly $14.6 billion, states the report by the Commission to Strengthen Chicago’s Pension Funds.

Without changes, closing all but 10 percent of the gap would require that the city pay $710 million more a year into the funds starting in 2012. The city’s current budget is $6.1 billion, and in recent years Daley has tapped reserves to balance it. You can read the report by clicking here:
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Boosting city contributions could require both employees to pay more and significant tax hikes, though Daley ruled out tax hikes last week when talking about the issue.



Absent pension reforms, the firefighter’s pension fund could go broke in just 10 years, followed by the fund for police officers about 12 years later.



Daley’s administration released the report late Friday afternoon, an approach City Hall sometimes employs to ensure scant media coverage, particularly of a complex issue.



The mayor has had the report since March 31, according to a dissent report issued by the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, which was part of the commission. The Civic Federation budget watchdog group also disagreed with the commission’s recommendations.



Those groups concluded that pension payments should be reduced going forward for existing employees, as well as new employees, while contributions from employees and the city are boosted.



“Our concern is that the recommendations did not go far enough to restore the funds’ financial health,” said Laurence Msall, president of The Civic Federation, who said the city also needs to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in services, starting next year, even with increased contributions to the plans.

“We believe that this is a very, very serious issue,” Msall said. “It impacts the city’s financial health, and it impacts how the credit agencies evaluate the final health of the city.”

R. Eden Martin, president of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, said the city’s recommendations would only halt the growth in the pension shortfall, rather than reduce it.

"The state’s the one that created the problem, not the city,” he added. “The city is the one that’s stuck with the problem.”

Old Glory — thirteen stripes representing the original colonies. On the field of blue — 50 stars representing the 50 states. But could that flag one day soon have 51 stars?

I’m not talking about statehood for the District of Columbia. Most residents of D.C. desperately want to be an independent state, but recent moves to make that happen imploded in Congress before even coming to a vote. No – I’m talking about Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory that belongs to, but is not a part of, the United States.

Right now, Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, though most don’t pay income taxes. They do not vote in presidential elections and the resident commissioner who represents them in congress cannot vote. Residents of the island nation have long been split on the issue of statehood.

So, it was surprising this week when Congress debated and passed a measure that would allow Puerto Ricans to vote on whether they want to change their relationship with the U.S. If they vote yes — there would be a second vote to decide if they want to:

A.) Become a state.

B.) Become an independent nation.  

C.) Seek some other type of political association between sovereign nations.

One of the people pushing this move is the current Republican governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuno.

“I’m convinced that the framers of the Constitution, the founding fathers, never intended for this relationship to last 112 years,” Fortuno told Fox News during the congressional debate.

One member who voted against the measure thinks Congress is going about this all wrong. Washington State Republican. Rep. Doc Hastings, believes the House is “blessing a process by which we are asking them if they want to become a state.” Hastings continued, “to me that’s backwards.”

The weird thing about the House vote is that members were not whipped along party lines. Some democrats voted for it … others against. House Minority Leader John Boehner,R-Ohio, voted against it, but two members of the Republican leadership — Eric Cantor or Virginia and Mike Pence of Ohio — voted for it.

Nothing about this seems imminent or likely. The bill probably won’t even clear the Senate. Even if it did … and even if Puerto Ricans decided that they wanted full-state status, there would be many in Congress who would oppose statehood.

And there is this — if Puerto Rico were to become a state, how could we as Americans ever deal with the jealous outrage certain to erupt in the Northern Mariana Islands?

Soon after Tesla Model S’s launching in 2012, Tesla’s model lineup will expand quickly, according to Tesla chairman Elon Musk. The Model S will be priced at about $57,000, less than half the cost of the Roadster.

Tesla claims that the Model S has a 300-mile range and its battery could be switched in just one minute. Its features include an advanced 17-inch touch screen in the interior and an enviable amount of storage space. In an interview with US magazine Autoweek, Musk shared about the company’s plans to expand “at a rapid pace.” When the Model S starts selling, the Roadster will be discontinued. However, new products, such as the crossover, will be launched in 2013 and 2014. So far, about 1,200 Roadsters have been sold throughout 25 countries. Later on, a second generation mode that’s less expensive will be produced. Musk also disclosed that much of Tesla’s growth is expected to come from partnership deals. Daimler, which has an 8% share holding in Tesla, will provide batteries and chargers for the electric Smart car and electric technology for the Mercedes A-class.

[via autoweek]

Source: Car news, Car reviews, Spy shots

Fundamentally useful inventions could have prevented accident

“Oil-platform explosion illustrated risks of Gulf of Mexico drilling” [News, April 28] describes a “nightmare scenario” and questions whether a “level of perfection” could be achieved for such deep-water drilling.

Instead, our firm has proposed and patented, the Subterranean Electric Drilling Machine™ that is designed to drill laterally 20 miles. Much longer distances could be achieved so, such oil reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico could be reached from shore or from shallow rigs. That would prevent such deep-water disasters.

Machines could also drill underground from outside the boundaries of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil reservoirs. But this machine is not being developed primarily because of the opportunity costs associated with firms such as Goldman Sachs spending excessive time and energy on “synthetic collateral debt obligations” and similar nonsense.

Other local firms such as Intellectual Ventures of Bellevue also seek to pioneer inventions that are fundamentally useful. It would be interesting to determine if they have been similarly adversely affected by the ongoing nonsense on Wall Street.

Using funds for real investment purposes would again unleash the inventive genius of this nation that will produce many unforeseen benefits.

— W. Banning Vail, president of Smart Drilling and Completion Inc., Bothell

Acura has announced a recall that will affect 167,000 TSX models built between 2004 and 2008. The problem is found on models equipped with the 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine – which was the only available engine in the U.S.

Honda has announced that is luxury division, Acura, will be recalling 167,000 TSX models that have the 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine, over a power steering hose that has potential to prematurely deteriorate.

Acura says that the hose can fail due to its prolonged exposure to high under-hood temperatures, which can in turn cause the hose to develop a crack. Acura says that if the hose cracks it could cause the power steering fluid to spray into the engine bay, and potentially onto the hot exhaust system – which could create smoke or a fire.

Acura says it has only confirmed one fire as a result of the failure.

The automaker will begin mailing recall notices at the end of May, 2010.

   

Source: Leftlane

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Second update: A spokesperson from the Coast Guard explained that a barge overturned while transporting a defunct rig to a scrap heap.

The only oil at risk is the fuel contained in the barge — less than 200 gallons.

Here’s what you need to know about the real disaster >

Update: Here’s the Coast Guard’s announcement:

MORGAN CITY, La. — The Coast Guard is responding Friday to an overturned mobile inland drilling unit (MIDU) in the Charenton navigational canal south of Highway 90.

The MIDU has a 20,000-gallon diesel fuel capacity, and while there is no current estimate on how much fuel was on board at the time of the incident, on-scene Coast Guard pollution investigators have determined that the rig is not leaking fuel at this time.  As a precaution, 500 feet of containment boom has been deployed around the rig, with an additional 500 feet arriving to provide a secondary string within the canal.

The Coast Guard has established a safety zone 1,000 yards on either side of the incident, prohibiting vessel traffic from entering the area without permission from the Captain of the Port.  A salvage plan is currently being developed for Coast Guard approval. 

There are no reported injuries and the Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the incident. 

Original post: Hopefully this turns out to be a big nothing… But Reuters is reporting that the Coast Guard says it’s responding to a second Louisiana overturned rig in the Charenton Navigational Channel.

Will update as warranted/learn more.

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We’re all fish in the sea, so don’t let anyone off the hook

I am distressed “Support signature privacy” [Opinion, April 18]. The issues are not as clear-cut as they were made.

Is intimidation always a bad thing, such as when some rabid hatemonger encourages the death of the president of the United States? Who gets the right to make the dividing line between protecting privacy and revealing bigotry? Who believes the votes of our members of Congress should be kept secret?

Is it fair to hide behind a mask of anonymity when a life of another and/or a principle of fairness is at stake?

I hold privacy in great respect on a personal level. Your religion and mine are no one else’s business; nor is my sex life or how I run my life when I am not invading the rights of others.

I mind my own business. Is the running of our country’s laws and regulations not my business?

In this case, legitimate rights, according to our Constitution, are being denied to some of our citizens by those who wish to remain secretive, who are not courageous enough to hold a personal belief of which they are convinced of its rightness for all our citizens. Obviously, Referendum 71 has not settled the issue for many who wish to challenge the rightness of a hateful vendetta, which is being and has been fought out internationally for many years.

Should sponsors be the only ones not protected by privacy? Why let them off the hook?

— William Houston, Port Townsend

Same hits, different day

Reading “Graffiti Vandals Cost Public Millions” left me thinking: Here is the manifestation of the definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result. Why would any taxpayer want his or her money spent on such a “program”?

It has been proved time and again that a reactive stance does not begin to approach solving the problem. A proactive program has been proved over time to be the most cost-effective, long-term solution that would reduce graffiti and improve the quality of life for our citizens.

I am a taxpayer, property owner raising a family in Seattle. I hate seeing waste and mismanagement. I know the intention is there, but the delivery is misguided.

— Laurie Rasmussen, Goodbye Graffiti, Seattle