(Editor's Note: Doris Cassan made the following comments to the SeaTac City Council on Oct. 27 and sent a copy of her remarks to the Times/News)

Just about a month ago, my husband, James, and I as well as others, came before this council pleading and respectfully requesting that you not condemn our Park N Fly property; a piece of property on which we have owned or operated for over forty-two years.

As you well know, it was to no avail.

Then, Mr. Mayor, I read in the Highline Times your op-ed where you justified this Council's action by hypothesizing that "the #1 citizen complaint was surface parking."

So let's make sure the dates and sequences are in the record.

Forty-two years ago my 176th and Pacific Highway car rental/parking operation was one of two in the Seattle-Tacoma airport area-long before SeaTac was a city.

All of the other surface parking lots were developed after this date. Evidently all of these parking lots were approved by this Council.

So if surface parking was really a concern to the Council, you did not have to approve them.

I also understand at the same time this Council was devising plans to condemn our property, another operator was approved to open more surface parking on the northwest portion of the existing cemetery.

Do you not find this hypocritical, amusing, dishonest, disingenuous... or maybe you know something about what donations might buy?

Doris Cassan
Mercer Island