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Dole Food Co. is expected next week to sign a new lease with the Port of San Diego that could keep the 10th Avenue Marine Terminal’s biggest tenant in town for the next 25 years, according to documents posted online Wednesday.
Dole, the largest of the port’s roughly 600 tenants, imports bananas, pineapples and mangoes in refrigerated shipping containers and gives the port about $2 million per year in lease payments.
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Two new Port of Oakland Commissioners were sworn in by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan on August 1st.
The newcomers, Cestra “Ces” Butner and Bryan Parker, were recently nominated by Quan and appointed by the Oakland City Council on July 26. They replace Pamela Calloway, who until last month had been the board’s president, and Margaret Gordon, an environmental activist who served one term on the board. Quan did not support new four-year terms on the board for either outgoing commissioner.
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The results of a two-question phone survey say more than half of Seattle voters don’t like the plan for the new arena.
The group Pacific Public Affairs says they polled 300 people this week, and first asked if they were opposed to using public bonds to finance part of the arena.
Second, they asked if they were concerned about the SoDo location.
Bach says there have been concerns that hardcore Sonics have fans have over-representing support for the arena proposal at many public hearings. They’re trying to get the results of their survey in front of the Seattle City Council as they continue to review and adjust the arena plan.
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