Reform the Port!

The case for reform has become obvious to many people who watch the port closely. However many voters do not pay attention to offices such as the Port Commissioners. With your help, we can change that this year!

The Seattle P-I looks at the Port's methods

As a printed newspaper, the Seattle P-I did an excellent job exposing failures in leadership at the Port of Seattle :

• Port staff directs taxpayer money to the well connected
• Cruise profits go to special connections, tax payers pick up the risk
• Former CEO tries to collect unauthorized pay, unauthorized approval by one commissioner.
• At the center of the CEO overpayment flap: Bob Edwards
• Former CEO gets involved in Commission races and "there's nothing wrong with it"
• Leadership failure with Port Police email scandal
• Port hires auditor at twice the price of state office while cutting out the only commissioner with audit experience
• Port takes down Christmas trees during holiday season
• Audit finds overbilling, dispute
• Container Port is inexplicably losing market share,
• Port fixes money collection 'problem'
• Port mishandles Southwest Airlines at SeaTac
• Company buys Port land, resells for massive profit

Seattle P-I Stories about the Port

• Cozy relationships with Port executives and sweet deals
• Cruise profits to companies, taxpayer with risk
• Commissioners divided over former CEO pay
• Former CEO gets involved in Port Commission races
• Commissioners try to reward former CEO for support
• Port Police out of Control
• Port hires auditor at twice the  price
• Port needs two audits
• Port wants to replace an $18M building after four years
• A billion here a few million there
• Port takes down Christmas trees
• Audit finds overbilling, dispute
• Container Port losing market share
• Port finally collects some money
• Port loses big customer
• Opinion: Port acting like monopoly
• Southwest and Alaska want to leave SeaTac
• Ex-Port buildings resold for massive profit in one year