Elected officials might not leave office as frequently as term-limit advocates would like, but their staffs are in constant turnover. Anyone who deals with Congress or state legislatures knows that elected officials are heavily reliant on recommendations and feedback from their staffs. The American Association of Port Authorities, regional port representatives and individual ports are constantly trying to educate new congressional and federal agency staffers. So is the private sector, starting with the carriers and the maritime unions. It's a tough job.
Somebody wins, somebody loses.
A box score or scoring summary lock it all up in the next day's paper. But I should stop whining already. If it wasn't for a foot of snow on the ground, I'd probably go mow somebody's grass at the cemetery. They say a guy can rest in peace over there. On the Waterfront column.