Especially during this campaign season, people often ask me how the Port of Seattle is doing. Here are some quick facts (through September 2011). • Total operating revenues through September were $380 million, that’s $1.4 million above budget. • Total operating expenses were $191.7 million, that’s $23 million or 10.7% under budget. • Net Operating …Continue Reading »
Bryant Jobs Update
Particularly in these times, we need economic engines that generate solid, family wage jobs. The Port of Seattle is one of those engines. Over the last four years, I’ve worked with the other commissioners to ensure the port managed its facilities in a way that helped generate jobs throughout our community. In this short video, …Continue Reading »
Port of Seattle Honored for Environmental Leadership
Last week, the Port of Seattle was honored with Seattle Business Magazine’s Green 50 award for local businesses and institutions that “deserve recognition for believing that forthright stewardship of our resources is good business.” The Port of Seattle received the honor based on environmental initiatives at both the SeaTac airport and the seaport. These programs …Continue Reading »
SeaTac: Our Green Airport
SEATAC GENERATES THOUSANDS OF JOBS ACROSS WASHINGTON state, it supports job generating companies like Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon, Russell as well as exporters of manufactured goods, seafood and cherries. Importantly, SeaTac generates jobs while being on the cutting edge of environmental stewardship. I believe figuring out how to generate family wage jobs while protecting our environment …Continue Reading »
Port of Seattle generates jobs across Washington
Last week the Wenatchee World and Sno Valley Star reminded us how the Port of Seattle generates jobs not only along Seattle’s waterfront and at SeaTac airport, but across Washington state.
A Broad Based Coalition for Re-Election
As King Co.’s Port of Seattle Commission President the last three years, I’ve focused on transforming the port into a responsible agency that both generates family wage jobs and protects our environment. I believe figuring out how to generate jobs while protecting our environment is the challenge of our time. It appears groups from around …Continue Reading »
Expanding Our Seaport Operations=Jobs
Seattle’s working waterfront and maritime cluster are responsible for 70,000 jobs in King County. If we increased the amount of cargo moving through the Port of Seattle, we could put even more people to work. The Port of Seattle has the capacity to increase the cargo it moves by about a third, and the port commission …Continue Reading »
A Job Generating Week
Over the next four days (June 20-23) I’ll be working in France and Germany on increasing tourism, shipping and airline jobs in King Co. and Washington State. When the governor invited me to join her on a mission to the Paris Air Show, I welcomed it as it allows me the opportunity to market the …Continue Reading »
Port of Seattle Firefighters Serve Our Community
Most of us, fortunately, will never crawl into a small space full of flames, dragging a hose, and then extinguish the fire and in the blindness of the smoke-choked area search for survivors. Most of us will never walk up to a flaming fuel tank, but for Port of Seattle firefighters, that is all part …Continue Reading »
Honoring Those Who Protect Us
On a weekend when we honor the service of our two greatest presidents, I’d like to also honor the daily and often unseen service of the Port of Seattle police. From quietly working against gang activity in our state, to seizing narcotics and weapons, to being the first responders for all reported crimes and incidents …Continue Reading »
