"Useta B Port Ch33f -- Will Kwit W0rk Foar Munny"

Now, you're going to be hearing a lot about ex-Port Chief Mic Dinsmore getting a severance package from the Port of Seattle for retiring with a $107,000/yr pension to go to work for a hedge fund. You may hear that none of the Port commissioners but Pat Davis remembers they all agreed that, you know, it'd be a nice gesture to send Dinsmore off with an "extra" $339,841. Rainy day fund, kinda.

"Seattlest -- mad as hell," you might be thinking, telegraphically for some reason. "Port sucks up property taxes -- $68 million this year -- just one damn thing after another." And maybe you pause to support that assertion. Maybe you mention the "actually the cruise terminal looks better next to the couch" scenario, a pricey Undo that's being delayed because of unforeseen technical thingies like getting competitive bids and environmental impact studies.

Or maybe, shipping wonk that you are, you're worried about the Port's container volume being down 11.9% in March compared to last year and the one thing all parties are sure of is that it's someone else's fault. Maybe David Blaine. Not sure how to fix it.

And doesn't the Port give you asthma?

But Seattlest feels pretty chipper, and we'll quote you why (from the P-I): "Port sources say Dinsmore sought payment of the money -- due to begin March 12 -- but was questioned by new port Chief Executive Tay Yoshitani." And: "The revelation comes at an awkward time for the port, whose policies on executive compensation will be discussed at a hearing by the state House of Representatives' Local Government Committee in Olympia on Thursday morning." Port, meet accountability. Accountability, meet the Port.