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Seaport and Harbor Management

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Sonics History: How's This Gonna Work?

    With all the hubbub about the access for the Port of Seattle aside (and thank you KING-5's Chris Daniels for the traffic report this week!), it really does seem possible that we here in Seattle may be getting an NBA team back here within the next five or so years. The Sonics! . . . MAN. That would b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Coal Train Ban Is Gaining Steam in Bellingham

    Coal is anything but king in Bellingham, though it sure is the talk of the town these days. A new citizens group has sprung to life, a political action committee called No Coal!, which is bound and determined to ban coal trains from the largest city in Whatcom County.

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Occupy Oakland Votes to Shut Down Entire West Coast Port System on Dec. 12

    Peter McGraw, spokesman for the Port of Seattle, tells Seattle Weekly that he's taking a threat of a "total West Coast port shutdown" by Occupy and labor protestors to "very seriously."

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Union Longshoreman Threatens to Beat Up News Crew, Following Port Protest Vandalism (VIDEO)

    Fuck You Cocksucker, "not a member of the PR staff."​The following gentleman by the name of "Fuck You Cocksucker" has several strong opinions on what will happen to the cameras and/or faces of Portland's KGW news crew, should they fail to leave his union headquarters parking lot.

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Gateway to the Orient

    Southwest Washington will be China's source for dirty coal.

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Dirty Coal On Its Way to China, Thanks to Cowlitz County

    ​When Gayle Kiser first heard about the plan to install a coal port close to her timber farm in Cowlitz County, the 15-year resident thought there was no way it would be approved. "I figured this was a no-brainer," she tells Seattle Weekly. "You don't use the Columbia River to export a dirty f ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 20, 2010

    Mary Iverson

    ​When Gayle Kiser first heard about the plan to install a coal port close to her timber farm in Cowlitz County, the 15-year resident thought there was no way it would be approved. "I figured this was a no-brainer," she tells Seattle Weekly. "You don't use the Columbia River to export a dirty f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    The Fight Over Port Truck Drivers Makes Its Way To Washington D.C.

    Should they be contractors or employees?​Local activists have been trying to persuade the Port of Seattle to follow the lead of the Port of Los Angeles and require the trucking companies that haul goods to and from the Port to hire their drivers as full employees. The argument activists make ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Chris Van Dyk, Consultant At the Center of SeaTac Taxi Controversy, Takes the Fifth

    Like these cabs, the cabbie dispute over SeaTac aiport is gridlocked.​Local attorney/activist Chris Van Dyk has a long-standing reputation as a voluble guy. So it's more than a little ironic that in regard to a lawsuit in which he's being accused of collusion, he's choosing--for the moment-- t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Oregon Senator Ron Wyden on Port of Bellingham Bid For NOAA Center: We're Rubber, You're Glue...

    If Senator Wyden had his way, the NOAA would still be headed south. ​Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) is down for his. And by that, I mean his constituents, whose side he's jumped in on in the ongoing political slapfight between the Port of Newport (Oregon) and the Port of Bellingham over which w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Port of Seattle Truckers Gain An Ally In Mike McGinn

    Mayor McGinn weighs in on port truck reform​It would seem that Mayor Mike McGinn has taken a side in the long standing debate over port truck reform. In a letter sent January 22, McGinn asks Senator Patty Murray for her support in an effort to amend federal legislation that prevents the Port ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Southland Tales: What to Consider While Wheezing Your Way Through Georgetown

    ​Journalism Axiom No. 247: The inverse of the number of times a press release is forwarded into your email inbox is the numeric equivalent of its actual value as news. There are, however, exceptions to this rule. Case in point: last week, local non-profit Puget Sound Sage sent out a press rele ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2009

    Terminal 107 Park

    ​Journalism Axiom No. 247: The inverse of the number of times a press release is forwarded into your email inbox is the numeric equivalent of its actual value as news. There are, however, exceptions to this rule. Case in point: last week, local non-profit Puget Sound Sage sent out a press rele ... More >>

  • News

    July 8, 2009

    Sea-Tac's Jet Ghettos

    Residents are tired of waiting for the Port to develop vacant properties around the airport.

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    46th District Dems Would Rather Endorse No One Than Co-Endorse Nickels

    The endorsement train continued North last night, visiting the 46th District Democrats, whose turf spans from the rolling hills of Laurelhurst past the sparkling waters of Bitter Lake all the way to the city limits at 145th. They were just as indecisive as their predecessors (the 37th and 43rd have ... More >>

  • News

    January 28, 2009

    Patty Murray’s Unlikely Hill Climb

    The rise of the Senate’s original soccer mom.

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    Washington State Can't Do Corruption With the Big Boys

    Blago says: You punks aren't worthy to lick the dirt off my dollars. In response to the national Blago-mania, the New York Times posted several charts measuring the corruption of the states of the union. As Laura Onstot could have told us, Washington ranks among the least corrupt. Only five states h ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2008

    Port of Seattle on the Rocks

    McKay's findings could add fuel to the Justice Department's investigation.

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    Port's New Storm

    The special investigation team probing the spending at the Port of Seattle has turned up at least ten acts of fraud but "did not identify any embezzlement or [deal-making for] personal gain." Nonetheless, yesterday's findings released by team leader and former U.S. Attorney Mike McKay clearly indica ... More >>

  • News

    March 19, 2008

    Here Comes Pat!

    Port Commissioner Pat Davis has rarely seen a plan she won’t rubber-stamp.

  • News

    July 18, 2007

    Port Commission Candidate Gael Tarleton's SAIC Backers Could Soon Be Asking Her For Business

    SAIC has had numerous contracts with the Port in the past.

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2007

    Notes on a "Scandal"

    SAIC has had numerous contracts with the Port in the past.

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2006

    Triumph Over Enron

    SAIC has had numerous contracts with the Port in the past.

  • News

    May 31, 2006

    Ed Murray's Port Job

    The state House transportation chair wanted to consult for the Port of Seattle, so the Port found work for him.

  • News

    May 24, 2006

    A Waterfront Brawl

    E-mails suggest Port of Seattle CEO Mic Dinsmore tried to influence last year's Port Commission election, and two of the five members think he should go.

  • News

    November 16, 2005

    Port of Seattle, Boeing, Quote

    E-mails suggest Port of Seattle CEO Mic Dinsmore tried to influence last year's Port Commission election, and two of the five members think he should go.

  • News

    September 21, 2005

    Designer Governments

    E-mails suggest Port of Seattle CEO Mic Dinsmore tried to influence last year's Port Commission election, and two of the five members think he should go.

  • News

    August 24, 2005

    Big Bucks for Port Races

    A new PAC raises $100,000.

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    Airport in a Storm

    A new PAC raises $100,000.

  • News

    August 4, 2004

    Pork-Pillow Politics

    Sen. Patty Murray has worked hard on Capitol Hill for port security funding, and her husband's Seattle employer, SSA Marine, has benefited.

  • News

    April 28, 2004

    So Long, Sodo

    The grand ambitions of a developer clash with an impassioned politician's hope to save Seattle's working waterfront.

  • News

    November 26, 2003

    A Return to Port

    Alec Fisken's victory strengthens support on the Seattle Port Commission

  • News

    October 22, 2003

    It Floats Your Boat

    The Port spends lots of taxpayer money, it helps shape the local economy, and two commission seats are up for grabs.

  • News

    September 24, 2003

    City Hall, the Port of Seattle, and Media

    The Port spends lots of taxpayer money, it helps shape the local economy, and two commission seats are up for grabs.

  • News

    May 29, 2002

    Sliding up the pole

    The Port spends lots of taxpayer money, it helps shape the local economy, and two commission seats are up for grabs.

  • News

    March 27, 2002

    Racing to the bottom

    The Port spends lots of taxpayer money, it helps shape the local economy, and two commission seats are up for grabs.

  • News

    March 20, 2002

    Promises, promises

    The Port spends lots of taxpayer money, it helps shape the local economy, and two commission seats are up for grabs.

  • News

    October 31, 2001

    A number of things

    Endorsements of this year's ballot measures.

  • News

    October 24, 2001

    The politics of the future

    Your vote will determine your destiny! (Or maybe not.)

  • News

    October 17, 2001

    New Port tack?

    Challenger Lawrence Molloy mounts a vigorous challenge to incumbent Port Commissioner Jack Block.

  • News

    May 16, 2001

    News Clips— Cruise dumps

    Challenger Lawrence Molloy mounts a vigorous challenge to incumbent Port Commissioner Jack Block.

  • News

    October 4, 2000

    "Bravo to you (and frankly, I'm in shock) for being willing to question the most sacred of all Puget Sound cows (a.k.a. pigs)— the Port of Seattle's precious third runway."

    Challenger Lawrence Molloy mounts a vigorous challenge to incumbent Port Commissioner Jack Block.

  • News

    September 27, 2000

    Risky Runway

    The Port's new mega-project at Sea-Tac rests on a shaky foundation. With serious questions raised about its environmental impacts, its costs, and even its structural feasibility, it looks like a near-billion-dollar boondoggle in the making.

  • News

    September 6, 2000

    Rice to the rescue

    Seattle's ex-mayor fronts for airport PR.

  • News

    May 17, 2000

    A wing and a dare

    Afraid to talk money with the feds before the WTO, City Hall crossed its fingers—and lost.

  • News

    April 19, 2000

    Block at the dock

    Port commissioner Jack Block was in the middle of controversial toxic waste shipment.

  • News

    October 27, 1999

    Election '99 short sheet

    The pint-size particulars on our picks.

  • News

    August 11, 1999

    Fear of flying coach

    Port of Seattle officials soar high, golf far, and a "fiscal conservative" blazes the trail.

  • News

    June 9, 1999

    Hitchman House: nice old building or landmark?

    Port of Seattle officials soar high, golf far, and a "fiscal conservative" blazes the trail.

  • News

    May 5, 1999

    Letters

    "Apartment buildings are bad places to have band practice, elevators are bad places to fart, and crowded cities are bad places to own animals that require lots of space."

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