text: Today City Manager Brad Miyake declined to engage Bellevue's independent electrical analyst to validate our better solution (the same one PSE installed to provide reliable power to downtown Bellevue).  In his refusal, Mr. Miyake gave several technical explanations of why PSE's solution would serve the community better.
  
  However, Mr. Miyake erred on several important points, according to two experts who were employed as transmission and distribution engineers by PSE for more than 20 years each.
  
  The City refuses to expend any funds to get the answers we seek.  CENSE is now considering raising our own funds to answer these important questions.  If our solution is cheaper, produces better reliability, and preserves this beautiful urban boulevard in East Bellevue, it should be validated before destruction of these trees begins.
  
  Many thanks to the tribal leaders who helped us understand the importance of saving trees for their environmental and spiritual benefits.