Jim Compton
Jim Compton
Jim Comptonwas a member of the Seattle City Council, first elected in 1999. At his resignation in December 2005, he was chair of the Utilities & Technology Committee, vice chair of the Energy & Environmental Policy Committee, and a member of the Government Affairs & Labor Committee...
agreed collins half line lines projects pull
I reluctantly agreed to pull half our transmission line crews off other projects and made getting the transmission lines to the Collins substations a priority,
consider effort
They did it in 16 hours, and I consider the effort unprecedented.
business local needed people power
A lot of people wanted their power restored. A lot of people were put out of business and a lot of local business people needed their power also.
considered
I considered it a presidential directive to get those pipelines operating.
balance crisis decision diesel gas national people south
It was my decision to balance what was most important to people in South Mississippi with this all-of-a-sudden national crisis of not enough gas or diesel fuel,