From The News Tribune:

New documents released by the ports of Tacoma and Seattle show the two port commissions and their staffs carefully scripted their public announcements and discussions about an operating alliance between the rival ports.

The two commissions held more than a score of confidential meetings before announcing their intent to form an alliance last fall. The records West obtained showed the two commissions had been talking about some arrangement to bolster their collective business since at least a year earlier.

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