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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.

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."

Every once in a while, a quote catches a perfect moment, as if in amber. Thanks, Seattle P-I for reporting on the Port's public hearing, and pay special attention to the last line:

All of the reforms passed unanimously, even as Commissioner Pat Davis defended herself and the port's handling of its contracts...

Continue reading "Port's Pat Davis Notes Audit Turned Up None Of Her Missing Socks, Either"

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.

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.

We get a perverse thrill out of covering the Port of Seattle. They're as baffling as Mariners' skipper Hargrove, but without the fans. In our own little way, we try to spread the word. Someone must tell the people.

The Port of Seattle has made the pages of both local dailies the last few days. Knowing the Port, they're feting the PR department.