Hubris.

The first direct service from Asia to the Port of Jacksonville, Fla., will arrive at Blount Island around July 7 depending on the traffic jam at the Panama Canal.

I can imagine Ron Baker, Jaxport's former deputy executive director and chief financial officer, standing on the Dames Point Bridge, watching the MOL container ship head for Blount Island.

On Friday, June 13, amid an FBI investigation and following published documents detailing Baker's questionable business relationships with associates and an employee, Baker submitted his resignation and was replaced by Michael B. Poole.

Poole has more than 20 years of government finance experience. Prior …