At first I was rather horrified by the theft of Port of Seattle jobs by the Port of Tacoma. In short the pointless transfer of Grand Alliance container ship cargo from Seattle to Tacoma. The only thing accomplished
is that workers from the airport cities and King County have their lives disrupted and loose their jobs to workers in Tacoma to save the Grand Alliance shipping lines a few dollars.

About 12 years ago the Port of Tacoma pulled the same stunt and transferred three shipping lines to Tacoma.

The Port of Tacoma has a big cost advantage because the Tacoma and Pierce County has never paid their share of the $90 million in property taxes which King County residents pay for cost overruns by the Port of Seattle.

I have sat in on merger discussions between the two Ports. The Port of Tacoma has no interest in any kind of merger.

In the past you have considered some of my suggestions.

Perhaps you will consider this approach. Container shipping for several years has been a loosing operation for both both the Port of Seattle and the United States. Every full container coming into Seattle represents
dozens of American jobs and dollars lost to foreign exporters. The Sea Port Division is a major looser but only a small fraction of the Port of Seattle. The major division is Sea-Tac Airport. Get out of the container ship business.
This will free up thousands of acres of prime business and job producing land in addition to giving you a positive balance sheet.

With the amount of orders coming into Boeing now is the time to develop new business ideas .

Thank You For your Time
Dan Caldwell