Only in a Workers' Paradise would it be considered radical for a billion-dollar-a-year business to be left to compete in the marketplace without a taxpayer subsidy:
For most of his first year as a Port of Seattle commissioner, Alec Fisken quietly but persistently pushed what some at the authority's headquarters consider a radical idea: King County taxpayers shouldn't subsidize a bustling seaport.It's really about time to wean the Port off the public teat.
Four-term Port Commissioner Patricia Davis is up for re-election next year:
Maybe people will support an end to the tax, Davis said. "But I'm sticking up for it."It's also about time to vote Patricia Davis into retirement. How's that for a radical idea? Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at November 22, 2004 10:42 AM | Email This