Today/tonight: Landmark fight; tunnel talk; candidates; HPIC

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Highlights from the WSB Events calendar:

LANDMARK COURT FIGHT: This morning in the Court of Appeals, 1st Division, both sides in the Satterlee House court fight get 10 minutes each for oral arguments in the two-year fight over proposed homebuilding on the landmark Beach Drive home’s lawn.

TUNNEL TALK: 6-8 pm tonight at Madison Middle School, it’s your next chance to comment on the future of the Highway 99/Alaskan Way Viaduct corridor. Specifically, the city, state and federal governments want to hear what you think should be included in the “environmental” studies before the deep-bore tunnel can be built – but that doesn’t just mean ecological impacts. The open-house format meeting also will include displays of the latest information on the project and people who can answer whatever question you have about what’s on the drawing board and how it’ll affect the way you get around.

CANDIDATES’ FORUM: 7 pm tonight at The Hall at Fauntleroy, West Seattle’s biggest political group, the 34th District Democrats, will host candidates for every major job except County Executive (since they faced off last week across the street). It’s a prelude to their endorsement vote at next month’s meeting, but it’s your best chance this summer to get a look at the candidates in the crowded races that will be narrowed down to two in August.

(added 10:56 am) HIGHLAND PARK IMPROVEMENT CLUB: HPIC meets tonight at its HQ, with potluck/social hour at 6:30 pm, meeting including installation of new officers at 7 pm.

insomniac June 10, 2009 (9:06 am)

say, there are some 7 crows that have been CROWING towards the SE corner of Hill/on california-= since 5am non- stop!! every morning for a week now.

Mike June 10, 2009 (9:22 am)

Ughh, another debate over the viaduct replace or fix-it. I can’t wait to see people with pitch forks and torches line up tonight.

I hope people realize that the original proposal back in the late 90’s was less than half the cost of the current proposals and that if we had not had so much debate and bureaucratic crap, the viaduct would be replaced ALREADY.

WSB June 10, 2009 (9:28 am)

To be clear, this is NOT a debate over replace or fix-it. That decision has been made, though various challenges remain in the wings. This is an event proceeding because there is a plan to build a tunnel, but environmental studies are required and the various governmental agencies are required to “scope” what should be included in those studies. “Environment” in this case is broadly defined – it can even include traffic, noise, etc. But, having been to several versions of these types of meetings, I do highly recommend not only going to get your opinion on the record but also because there are maps and graphics on easels and folks who can answer your specific questions about “what if” and “how will it work” and “what about” in much more detail than we can ever do with a news story or a link to a web page … TR

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