The Washington state Supreme Court says you can. They agreed with Chris Clifford, who argued that Port of Seattle commissioner Pat Davis committed malfeasance when she, as commission president, signed an agreement with outgoing Port CEO Mic Dinsmore to pay his salary a year after his retirement. In fact, the Court agreed 9-0 that Davis "intentionally acted outside the scope of [her] duties by signing an agreement with Dinsmore." Clifford now needs to collect 150,000 signatures to get the recall on the ballot; he says the petition will show up on his Recall Pat Davis website. Davis, for her part, says she won't stand for re-election. We wouldn't stand for it, either. more ›

Last week federal subpoenas were flying around downtown, irking the hell out of anyone who did business with the Mic Dinsmore-era Port of Seattle and was told its practices were just "unconventional." more ›

The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation of the Port of Seattle, following a recent state audit that accused the Port of wasting public money and raised the specter of possible fraud in construction contracts.

The audit found that former Port Chief Mic Dinsmore and Aviation Director Mark Reis broke state law by negotiating a $125 million third-runway embankment contract with a TTI Construction principal at a steakhouse, keeping its cost within the port's procurement policies through cosmetic changes in order to avoid notifying the commission that the sole bid was vastly over the port's estimate -- and leaving the commission of the loop.

There are all sorts of things a Port could do. But what should its focus be? Back when Seattle was prouder to be known as a blue-collar shipping hub, cargo containers lining the horizon, the Port used its property tax dollars to encourage things like rail transportation. more ›

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. more ›

In a seismic shift, non-crazy-talker John Creighton will be the Port of Seattle's new president and chairman, as the indefatigable Kristin Millares Bolt reports in the P-I. This just after Tay Yoshitani was announced the new executive director last week. more ›

The Seattle P-I reports that Tay Yoshitani, who will succeed Mic Dinsmore, "was the Port of Seattle Commission's unanimous choice from more than 70 possible candidates generated during a 6-month-long national search." Does this mean he'll help the Port understand that it's not got a monopoly, as Bill Virgin was saying the other day? more ›

If you've been hoping that itchy aneurysm of yours will pop a stroke on you and leave you blessedly free of worldly cares, we recommend the new P-I series On the Waterfront as a trigger event. more ›

What it is, see, is we have this Google news alert set for "Port of Seattle" and "confederacy of dunces." We're always surprised at how often we get sent something. more ›

We know, we know. What could they have possibly done now that they haven't done before? We blame the P-I for following the epic saga in the first place -- for years we had no idea that anyone ran the Port and, you know, its constant blundering seemed par for the course. more ›

Seattlest regrets there isn't a "Delete All" button when it comes to Port leadership. more ›