This video of Rob Holland was taken before the whole undercover reporting on ACORN brouhaha took place but given that ACORN was far from clean even before that incident it does speak volumes that Holland spoke to them, especially when one listens to some of the content of his speech.
UPDATE: Alexander King, apparently the man behind the video (and a big fan of ACORN according to his facebook page), seems to be a bit embarrassed by the footage of Holland and the video is no longer available on YouTube citing copyright issues. I wonder why King is so embarrassed of his candidate? I sent him a facebook message but it's gone unanswered. But don't you fret, Alex. I found the video somewhere else and made a copy.
And his opponent, David Doud, would bring a lot to the Port with his pro-business stance and his experience in real estate. Plus, as he points out, if elected he'd be the only member of the Commission who resides outside of Seattle.
Posted by MarkGriswold at September 23, 2009 10:44 AM | Email ThisDoud only shows up to forums with port-friendly audiences, while Rob Holland is talking to everyone from the Alki Foundation to, yes, a bunch of rag-tag ACORN members.
Posted by: Leaward on September 23, 2009 11:15 AMACORN will always have tpn.
Posted by: Gary on September 23, 2009 01:00 PMI don't think anyone ever heard of a teaparty until about 9 months ago. How "old" can any of the teaparty talking points be?
What's tired and old is the left being so condescending, rude and just plain dishonest.
Anyone that's been on this board for more than a week knows that lefty views are rebuked, corrected with real facts, challenged and laughed at, but never censured.
Now what are you going to do next? Call us racists and use the funding of police departments and firemen to try to justify your massive government takeovers.
Posted by: johnny on September 23, 2009 01:31 PMTheir whole stick is that ships and trucks are destroying the environment and only by allowing only union drivers to work the ports can they save us all. They are also behind the push to force all truck drivers to buy new trucks.
These people are just bottom feeders. They are sucking the life blood from this country.
Posted by: Vince on September 23, 2009 04:02 PMHolland is EXACTLY what the Port Commission needs -- a subject matter expert on the Port's REAL business -- moving goods quickly and efficiently.
If you're looking for competence in office, Holland has the detailed knowledge of operations that it takes to challenge or question the Port Director and his staff and provide true checks and balances to the system. He's clearly the better candidate in this race.
When companies within a particular industry or area band together to demand a particular rate of pay for their product it's called collusion, price fixing or antitrust.
Just how are the two different?
Posted by: D Doyle on September 24, 2009 01:02 PM