OlympiaUsedToBeANicePlaceToLive...nearly 5,000 jobs seems like a little more than just "some people." How many families is that? How many millions of dollars in wages and economic impact? Also, literally every piece of public infrastructure and every public entity is sustained through taxpayer funding. Should we also do away with roads? Fire Fighters? Police? The Port is a public entity meant to spur economic development. It does that. It isn't meant to make money. And it DOES bring in enough revenue to sustain. It also provides an essential piece of infrastructure in case of needed emergency management during a natural disaster. The right way forward isn't to shut down this asset, but to diversify and improve it.
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