Port of Everett, not Bargreens, to blame for payout

I know nothing about Bargreen coffee. I drink Folgers, made in a Mr. Coffee. I read the article about the cranes, but have since recycled (“Everett coffee heirs get $590K over crane color, ending saga,” The Herald, Dec. 6).

The Port of Everett bought two cranes, then could not put them where they wanted, and put them in front of the hill. In the lawsuit that followed the Port agreed that they would not put in a third railroad track, and that they would paint the cranes blue. They had to put in a third track, so there was a place to park rail cars when they unloaded the ship.

The fault is not the Bargreens, or others who sued the Port, it is with whoever promised no third track and to paint the cranes blue. That was a settled lawsuit. The port reneged, not the people on the hill. How many millions of dollars does the city, county, state pay out every year to settle lawsuits?

Even if paid by insurance, who pays the premium? I was driving on Marine View Drive today, and passed under the bridge from Grand Ave Park, and thought thank God the rich people paid for that, and not the taxpayers. I’ve read in these letters that the Bargreens don’t know how to roast coffee, that it’s terrible, the store is an eyesore, to boycott, put the rich people out of business, and their employees on the street. But there’s nothing about the incompetence of the Port.

Corey Stalcup

Everett