King County Executive Ron Sims has his own inconvenient truth to convey: Tolls are inevitable on all major Seattle-area freeways. And he already has a plan for us to discuss.
There would be no toll booths. Electronic sensors would detect whether you have a paid pass to use the freeways, and if you didn't, there would be cameras ...
Proposed site of DESC's Crisis Diversion Center at 1600 S. Lane. The street rises east past family residences. Half a block to the west is busy S. Jackson Street.