citizen involvement is crazy. the prospect of shell s massive drilling rigs ships and equipmenting coming to the waterfront galvanized the council. environmental groups have also filed a lawsuit to block the deal. for its part shell says it s committed to drilling for oil in the argumentics, and supporters say it means jobs for seattle. opponent say any deal with exacerbate climate change and that s very, very bad for seattle in the long run. joining mess now, michael bryan, a member of the city council. how did this job get struck without apparently nobody knows about it? well as best i understand folks at the port of seattle entered into what s called some sort of verbal nondisclosure agreement, and essentially held secret negotiations for about six months to strike this deal. it was only a few weeks before the deal was actually signed it became public and there was a
new york times reports that shell oil has spend more than $4 billion on its efforts to drill for oil in the arctic. the company has not done any drilling there since 2012, in part because of a series of costly and embarrassing accidents as well as environmental and safety violations. this year shell made a deal to get that drilling back on track q. the seattle post intelligencee said the company entered into a quiet deal to have the port of seattle serve as a base for a arctic drilling that would take place thousands of miles away. soon got out prompting outrage among the vibrant environmental committee, which saw the arrange as a de facto acceptance of offshore drilling. one of the greenest cities and one of the most citizen-involved cities in the united states, to approve a project without citizen involvement is crazy. the prospect of shell s massive drilling rigs, ships and equipmenting coming to the
the most citizen-involved cities in the united states, to approve a project without citizen involvement is crazy. the prospect of shell s massive drilling rigs, ships and equipment coming to the waterfront galvanized the mayor and the city council, who announced they will review the deal to see if it s legal. environmental groups have also filed a lawsuit to block the deal. for its part, shell says it s committed to drilling for oil in the arctic and supporters say it means jobs for seattle. opponents say any deal will exacerbate climate change and that s very, very bad for seattle in the long run. joining mess now, michael bryan, a member of the city council. how did this job get struck without apparently nobody knows about it? can you explain that part of it to me first? well, as best i understand, folks at the port of seattle entered into what s called some sort of verbal nondisclosure agreement, and essentially held secret negotiations for about six months to strike this deal.
the boston globe s editorial board writing this the remedies should apply across the country. the police need more citizen involvement, internal policing and real efforts to stamp out bigoted attitudes. do you agree with that? well boston has had a great history of inclusion with citizens but we can always do better. i don t have any problems with the boston globe el torrie. i believe in ferguson right now you need a strong leader to take charge and say these bad acts have stopped and citizens will get a fair deal. then you need to put a police department in place that s reflective of the community. if there are people in the organization that are guilty of bad acts they have to the separated from the service so that real trust can be established with that community again. i think that applying to cities across the country. doj is doing this in city after
people, so many citizens, in the governor s request, not an order, to stay in place, to stay in your home. i mean, not to make light of it, but great boston is one of the most lawless, very low level regions in the world. we run red lights, we cross, you know, we jay walk at will, things like that. people stayed home. there was a community will to catch these two culprits. and of course the news media following the story itself. the tragic shooting of officer sean collier, the m.i.t. campus, the car chase up memorial drive in cambridge, massachusetts, through watertown massachusetts, a suburb of greater boston. there was huge citizen involvement in the story as it played out and it was, between, amazing acquiescence and cooperation among citizens. there is a lot of back and forth around the discussion. there s a lot of arm chair analysis about what could have been done better or differently. but at the end of the day, i mean, this was handled