Moser says he is proud to be one of the few port commissionerswith public sector background to serve as WPPA president. Hebelieves it is appropriate because the origin of ports was toprevent monopoly of the Washington state waterways by specialinterest groups, and providing land stewardship under portjurisdiction.
"Ports still debate the issue of selling land versus leasingit," says Moser, who was elected to the commission in 1987 and nowis serving out his third six-year term. "But having land inlong-term ownership by a public entity is almost always the bestapproach for communities."
This is the second time since 1937 a Port of Vancouvercommissioner has been elected to this prestigious position. Theprevious WPPA president from Vancouver was Otto Neth, president ofColumbia Machine Inc., who served in 1974 to 1975.
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