Frank Hansen, longtime commercial airline pilot and the first mayor of the City of SeaTac, died of cancer at his home on Dec. 21, 2013. He was 87. Frank was born on Nov. 18, 1926 in Spokane, Wash., the fifth of six children. His mother, Vesta Alexander, was the descendant of Spokane homesteaders. His father,
SeaTac – From crime-ridden strip to safe city
CLICK ON PHOTO TO PLAY SLIDESHOW: The original SeaTac City Council poses for an official photo in 1990. In the back row, from left, are Terry Anderson, Julia Patterson, Kathy Gehring-Waters and Jeanne Masters. In the front row are Shirley Thompson, Frank Hansen and Joe Brennan. City of SeaTac photos Fri, 02/26/2010 The city of
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BEST MAYOR Frank Hansen, SeaTac’s first mayor, is still considered our best. Hansen has won Best Mayor for as long as SeaTacians have been sending in Best of SeaTac ballots. Hansen, a retired airline pilot, compares early SeaTac politics to the Wild West. Anybody could get things done in that free-for-all environment, he says, given