Matt A. Fikse
Matt Fikse-Verkerk (Twitter: @mattfikse) covered urban affairs, politics, tech, and business at Crosscut from 2009 to 2014. He lives in Seattle and works for a biotechnology firm in Redmond, WA.
Latest work
Political cover? Bertha's contractors hire lobbyist & former deputy mayor
Seattle Tunnel Partners, the contractor for Seattle's deep-bore tunnel, has hired a well-known Seattle lobbyist.
Seattle's tunnel: No boring way it'll be done on time
WSDOT says they don't have enough data to know for sure whether they can get Bertha back on schedule. Crosscut's analysis is more conclusive.