Feb 2, 1999 CANDIDATES, please. Two positions on the Port of Seattle commission are on the ballot this fall. If tradition holds, incumbents Gary Grant and Clare Nordquist will seek re-election and face minor opposition from unknowns who are driven more by a generalized beef with the Port than an informed set of ideas. The
Petition Calls For Changing Port Of Seattle’s Name To Port Of King County
Lisa Pemberton-Butler Seattle Times Business Reporter King County voters may be asked later this year if they’d like to change the Port of Seattle’s name to the Port of King County, reflecting that its money comes from taxpayers across the county. A group called King County Citizens for an Accountable Port yesterday turned in a
Down-To-Earth Job — Sea-Tac’s Third Runway To Get Its Fill Of Dirt
Jack Broom Seattle Times Staff Reporter Let’s say you’ve been looking for a better view, but you don’t want to leave the neighborhood. Instead, you bring in fill dirt to raise your property so you can see over all your neighbors. Somehow you get the dirt to form a nice column straight up from your
Sea-Tac’s Turbulent History
Stephen Clutter, Paul J. Lim The latest controversy at Sea-Tac, over a possible third runway, is one more chapter in a long, turbulent history of airport expansion. Planes started using the site in 1944 and in five decades, it has become the 16th-busiest airport in the nation. ———————————- If you’re upset about the possibility of
Dinsmore Named Port’s New Director
Daryl Strickland Mic Dinsmore strutted into the meeting room wearing a double-breasted suit, his chest puffed out, looking like a politician who had just won an election. He had reason to feel this way. Dinsmore was named yesterday as the port’s new executive director, rising from his job as chief operating officer. The executive job
Flight Patterns – FAA’s `Four Post’ traffic plan for planes is illogical, insulting
June 12, 1992 Publication: THE SEATTLE TIMES Page: A9 Word Count: 354 The Ninth Circuit in San Francisco recently voted that since the noise level was not above 65 decibels (recently raised from 55 decibels) the Federal Aviation Administration did not have to be subject to any environmental impact requirements. Therefore, the FAA’s brilliant “four post” plan remains
Making A Case For Quiet — Proposed Third Runway Is Third Strike Against Noisy Sea-Tac, Neighbors Say
Sep 4, 1991 Bob Ortega — SEATAC In the control tower, they are pulsing green numbers crawling across radar screens. To Lloyd Docter in Brown’s Point, Craig Lorch on Beacon Hill, Minnie Brasher in Burien and thousands of their neighbors, they’re roar after thundering roar in the night. As the rumbling stream of jets taking
Rumblings Over Flight-Path Plan
By DICK LILLY January 22, 1990 Publication: THE SEATTLE TIMES Page: B3 Word Count: 1469 Like a plague, they slipped into Barbara Maxwell’s neighborhood, rattling the windows. Pretty soon, they were making it hard to hear phone conversations. After a while, they were interrupting backyard barbecues More and more jet planes, on their way to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport,
Planned Flight Paths Spur Arguments
Planned Flight Paths Spur Arguments Jan 22, 1990 Linda W.Y. Parrish Hearing set– The Federal Aviation Administration has set an environmental assessment hearing on its proposed changes in Sea-Tac Airport flight patterns for 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at Cleveland High School, 5511 15th Ave. S. FEDERAL WAY When the wind blows from the north,
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