With the Prop #1 Strong Mayor form of government, the mayor is like in charge of everything. He's almost like a dictator as far as running the city.

Our early founders here in SeaTac wanted to protect us from that and from the outside interests a strong mayor brings.

Our founders wanted SeaTac to be good place for private citizens to live, not just only be a business park connected to the airport. That's how come we have the city council form of government we have today where every council member gets an equal vote with the mayor.

Tom Layden
SeaTac