You wise-asses must think you’re real funny. More than 23,000 of you voted in the primary for Goodspaceguy, a perennial candidate who, by his own estimation, has lost at least 15 local races and HATES THE MINIMUM WAGE. No, not just $15. He doesn’t think a minimum wage—any minimum wage—should exist. Do you want to burn it all down? All of it? Seriously, don’t try to burn it all down just for the fun of watching Goodspaceguy light the match. There’s actually a lot at stake here. The port—which controls much of the waterfront and the airport—is subsidized by our property tax base (the port collected $72.9 million in King County property taxes in 2014) and directly employed 129,744 people last year. The port also supports a lot of carbon-intensive projects at a time when the city, the state, and the country are making moves to wean off fossil fuels. How do we transition to a renewable economy fairly? And what role can the port play in creating green jobs during that transition? It’s more important than ever that the public is able to participate in the port commission’s sham of a representative democracy…
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