South Park Bridge: Rally planned tomorrow as senators visit

We’ve been watching this take shape on the South Park Yahoo! group, and now that we’ve received a phone call as an official advisory, it looks like this is definitely happening: Tomorrow afternoon, U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell are due at the International Association of Machinists Hall in South Park to talk about the health-care-reform legislation. South Park residents and business owners plan a peaceful, non-obstructive rally ahead of time to show their concern about the fact the South Park Bridge is scheduled to be shut down June 30th with no plan yet for funding to build a new one, and if you are interested in joining them to show concern, you are invited to be part of it. ADDED 4 PM: This update on the SP mail group explains where rally participants are gathering at 2 tomorrow. Also, according to an announcement in a separate post there, the senators will be joined at the event by U.S. Reps. Jay Inslee and Brian Baird, as well as Gov. Gregoire.

(Our coverage of the South Park Bridge situation is archived here.)

Cassy Soden March 27, 2010 (6:45 pm)

There is also information posted on Facebook Events and listed below: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103765319662682&ref=mf

Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010
Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Location: South Park Bridge -8456 Dallas Avenue South Seattle, WA 98108

Description: Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell are visiting the The Boeing Machinist’s Hall this Sunday in South Park at 3 p.m. to celebrate the Health Care Reform Victory. This is a perfect opportunity for a friendly demonstration/rally to bring attention to the South Park Bridge’s emminent closure and the importance of garnering funding.

We are meeting at the parking lot of the former County Line Restaurant (address above) which is located at the south foot of the South Park Bridge.
We plan to meet and group at 2 p.m. and then proceed from there. We are not planning on blocking traffic or creating any problems, just a friendly showing of support and a plea for help. We will hopefully also garner some “sloppy seconds” media attention from the meeting at the the Boeing Machinist’s Hall.

Please bring signs if possible, the bigger and brighter the better!