Remember back to October 2013, when I alleged that millions of public dollars were being funneled into incumbents’ campaigns for port commissioner? Since then, all four candidates involved won by a landslide. On September 25, 2014, the Public Disclosure Commission will be holding a hearing to look into the alleged violations by Tom Albro, John Creighton, Courtney… Continue reading Port of Seattle: Hearing on Port Commission’s misuse of public resources
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Port of Seattle: Formal Investigation opened on misuse of funds
Just days before the general election, I accused 4 incumbent port commissioners of misusing public funds. Since then, it has been all quiet from the Public Disclosure Commission, and with the exception of the Seattle Times, the press as well. Now, just days after the election being certified with blowouts for all the incumbents involved, the Washington Public… Continue reading Port of Seattle: Formal Investigation opened on misuse of funds
Port of Seattle: Millions of public dollars funneled into incumbents’ campaigns
If there is one thing our Port Commissioners are good at, it is on doing things that benefit themselves. If you’ll remember back to March, the port commissioners gave themselves a massive pay raise. Well it doesn’t stop there! Now they have given themselves $2.5 million dollars worth of advertising at the Sea-Tac airport! For comparison,… Continue reading Port of Seattle: Millions of public dollars funneled into incumbents’ campaigns
Port Commission Increasing Pay from $47/hour to $328/hour
(Also in The Seattle Times) Today the Seattle Port commissioners will attempt to ram through a pay increase. As was noted by the Seattle Times story published in late February, the plan was announced only two weeks ago by Tom Albro. For those of you who don’t know, the port commission is a legislative body. They are effectively… Continue reading Port Commission Increasing Pay from $47/hour to $328/hour