Incumbent Touts Advances By Port; Rival Seeks Shake-Up

Lisa Pemberton-Butler Seattle Times Business Reporter Up to a point, the political platforms of Port of Seattle Commissioner Jack Block and his challenger, David Ortman, are remarkably similar. Both strongly opposed the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s controversial third runway. Both believe the Port should be self-supporting – that its tax levy on King County homeowners should

Ivar Haglund is elected, unintentionally, to the Seattle Port Commission on November 8, 1983

Photo by Josef Scaylea, Courtesy MOHAI (1993.20.236)

Posted 6/27/2000 HistoryLink.org Essay 2511 On November 8, 1983, Seattle restaurateur and celebrity Ivar Haglund (1905-1985) is unintentionally elected to a six-year term on the Seattle Port Commission, after he files to run as a publicity gag. He was annoyed by boxcars that blocked the view of Elliott Bay from his Acres of Clams restaurant.