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Two Hamilton County commissioners seek emails between Chattanooga Lookouts, Weston Wamp

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Interstate 24 winds past the former U.S. Pipe/Wheland Foundry site on June 14. The former Wheland Foundry property is the site of a proposed redevelopment on the Southside. The plans include a new stadium for the Chattanooga Lookouts as a centerpiece.
Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Interstate 24 winds past the former U.S. Pipe/Wheland Foundry site on June 14. The former Wheland Foundry property is the site of a proposed redevelopment on the Southside. The plans include a new stadium for the Chattanooga Lookouts as a centerpiece. Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Interstate 24 winds past the former U.S. Pipe/Wheland Foundry site on June 14. The former Wheland Foundry property is the site of a proposed redevelopment on the Southside. The plans include a new stadium for the Chattanooga Lookouts as a centerpiece.

By David Floyd 8 min read

Two members of the Hamilton County Commission said Wednesday they would like to see 2015 emails referenced by Jason Freier, the CEO of Hardball Capital, that pertain to Republican Weston Wamp’s dealings with the Chattanooga Lookouts, documents Freier has mentioned but not released.

The Lookouts are one of three minor league baseball teams owned by Hardball Capital along with the Fort Wayne (Indiana) TinCaps and the Columbia (South Carolina) Fireflies.

Echoing a statement made last week by Matt Adams – the Democrat running in the Aug. 4 general election against Wamp for county mayor – Commissioner David Sharpe, D-Red Bank, said the records should be made public for the sake of transparency.

Sharpe’s comments came during a discussion about plans to build a stadium for the Lookouts on the U.S. Pipe/Wheland Foundry site during an agenda review meeting Wednesday.

Wamp is a skeptic of the plans. Critics have suggested Wamp’s concerns stem from previous discussions of employment with the team that never materialized – something Wamp denies.