Interact with the timeline below to follow the various versions of an email U-T San Diego CEO John Lynch sent to Port Commissioner Scott Peters August 9. The email asked Peters how he intended to vote on the the 24.5-year lease with Dole Food Company at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal downtown.
The expansion of the lease was seen as a blow to the U-T’s vision of building a new football stadium on the site of the marine terminal. Peters said the email was intended to influence his vote.
The email has now become its own story. In a version of the email Peters provided to I-Newsource and KPBS recently, Lynch wrote, “the UT will be forced to lead a campaign to disband the PORT [sic]” if a provision was not included that allowed the Dole lease to be moved to National City.
In an interview, Lynch said the email was not a threat, but a “call to action”. Hours later, Lynch said while he did send an email to Peters August 9, it did not include the sentence threatening the port.
Click on the “Read More” tabs to view the emails, read articles and view video interviews with Lynch and Peters.
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