The two candidates challenging two-term Port Commissioner President Fred Felleman seem very nice, but one is a clear business stooge and the other lacks the depth of Port knowledge that Felleman brings to the table, so we’re sticking with him for another go-round.
We like his background as an orca biologist and his history of standing up to big polluters. As an environmental consultant fighting marine pollution, he started inconveniencing the cruise industry with the truth when those floating cities first landed in Seattle in the 2000s. Later on, he helped lead the fight against Shell’s arctic drilling rigs and bomb trains.
