margin-top: 16px; $("#round64502674bd8e0").change(function(){ color:white; height: 50px; $('.collapse').collapse('show'); border-top: 1px solid #aaa; A small newspaper owned and controlled by Pittsburgh Pirates owner Robert Nutting recently published an editorial that called into question its view of the LGBTQ community. During that election cycle, Nutting raised a total of $7,789. Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting announced the sale of the popular Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Hidden Valley Resort and Laurel Mountain Ski Area to Vail Nutting was born in Maine. (Prop. Walter and co-owner Magic Johnson (yes, him) teamed up to give six figures to the Obama Victory Fund. Oakland Town Council, current member; Oakland Lions Club, past president. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim:They say your first billion is always the hardest. column-count: auto; Philadelphia Phillies:David Montgomery worked his way up through the ranks in the Phillies organization, even working as the teamsscoreboard operatorin the early 70s. In the end, they decided to give compromise one last shot. color: #6db24f; .leg-hnt-flex-column { Other political expenditures: $50,000 for Prop. } His father was a roofer and plumber and his mother was a nurse. The relationship between Aspens masses and its elites has been complicated since lifts started rumbling up the mountain eight decades ago. top: 0px; .results_row td:first-child { Dejan Kovacevic: "Bob Nutting voted yes on an agreement that'll keep killing baseball in Pittsburgh, so he must think it's fine. display: inline-block; He also once revoked press credentials of reporters who asked critical questions. border-bottom: 1px solid grey; I didnt know it at the time, but that day Ogden spiked a column about Doronin by Roger Marolt. event.srcElement.innerText = '[show]'; padding-bottom: 0px; During that election cycle, Nutting raised a total of $11,560. Angelos agreed to take the lead in a massive suit by the states against tobacco giant Philip Morris only after demanding 25 percent of the winningsfar greater than any other attorney received. Get your things and leave the premises immediately. We're a nonprofit (so it's tax-deductible), and reader support makes up about two-thirds of our budget. font-weight: 500; By the time the scam fell apart in December 2008, Wilpon and his partners had invested some $550 million. .election_results_text { Incumbent Robert Nutting (R) did not seek re-election. .votebox-results-metadata { const abcde =JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(x)); margin-bottom: 0; The top contributors are listed below:[19], In 2008, Nutting collected $6,147 in donations.[20]. const abcde =JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(x)); .contact_office { font-size: 0.8 em; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} letter-spacing: 0.03em; background-color: #6db24f; Not only did we stop calling him an oligarch; we stopped naming him at all. if (this.value == '1'){ .leg-hnt-flex-row { You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. display: block; background-color: #db0000; Source. .results_row { On Friday, June 10, it ran under the headline An Old, Small Newspaper No Match for New, Big Money., It was kicking up some conversations on the Times Facebook page that morning, but I hadnt gotten any calls or emails about publishing it. } Subscribe today and get a full year of Mother Jones for just $14.95. } display: inline; border: 1px solid #999; Cleveland Indians:The worst thing about lawyer Larry Dolan is actually his nephew, James, the widely derided owner of the New York Knicks. a[aria-expanded=false] .fa-chevron-down { display: none; } } But the newsroom worried this was an attempt to censor our journalism. .results_table_container { The following Thursday, Ogden spiked a second Marolt column. a.communitylink { color:black; font-weight:bold; } text-align: center; Pittsburgh Pirates:The Nutting family has had an ownership stake in the Pirates since the mid-90s, and a majority share since 2007. margin-top: 1em; .leg-hnt-district-container { } } var x = '%7B%221%22%3A%7B%22votes%22%3A600%7D%7D'; Public policy. Rick, who had broken the original news of the Doronin/Gorsuch deal and was now set to remain interim editor, told me he was the one who had hit Delete on the Marolt columns under Ogdens orders. The Marolt columns disappeared from the Times website on Saturday and took on a contraband cachet on social media. Robert.Nutting@legislature.maine.gov P.O. Nutting and his wife, Wendy, have three children. } div.oneoff-scrollbox.regular { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } rowCount: "25", .inner_percentage.Republican { Then she asked me about Doronin. During my previous eight terms in the Legislature, including when I became the Speaker of the House in 2010, I established good working relationships with other legislators. $('#' + this.value + s).show(); letter-spacing: .03em; overflow-x: scroll; margin-right: 10px; Now it appears as though we have an out-of-state business that controls the Aspen press, he said. margin-bottom:16px; } width: 90%; Yes, Im a registered Republican, although Ive voted for Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. overflow-y: hidden; A corporate human-resources director, who had come to journalism after a career in coal mining, read us the employee handbook over Zoom. Meanwhile, word of my firing was spreading through town. $(document).ready(function(){ Krause was under orders to send any item mentioning Doronin up the chain to Stanford, the group publisher, in Gypsum, Colorado, and ultimately to Ogden headquarters in West Virginia for approval, which never came. width: 100% His Wall Street nickname is marginally more favorable: swamp alligator.. p.survey-response {margin-left:10px;} Personal information (hobbies, etc. .external_links_table { width: auto !important; } A paragliderslashlimo driver wrote in calling for a boycott of the Times. $(".results_table64502674bd8e0").hide(); Last year, Perry and co-owner Robert Glaser gave six figures to Republican and Democratic super-PACs, respectively. } } I just believe the organization needs an image thats not directly tied to wins and losses, said Phillies owner David Montgomery. It is not, however, the cause of Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting being a cheapskate. 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. The West Virginia company traced its origins to H. C. Ogdens founding of The Wheeling News in 1890 and now included 54 daily papers from Hawaii to North Dakota to New Hampshire. }. .widget-img { He gives millions to charter schools, but takes even more out of the citys coffers thanks to asweetheart dealthat allows him to pay just 25 percent of the standard property tax rate for the United Center (home of the NBAs Chicago Bulls, which he also owns). position: absolute; text-align: left !important; Carroll, who had been openly talking about quitting and taking his Doronin reporting elsewhere, stepped in as interim editor. Stanford had no answers when employees asked about basics like health insurance and what was going to happen to the corporate apartments Swift had rented to reporters at a heavy discount to keep them living in an ever more expensive Aspen. }else{ The filing goes to great lengths to detail how Doronin earned his wealth legitimately, and argues a semantic fine point: Oligarchs are not merely wealthy individuals of Russian origin; they are individuals who have amassed their wealth through the exploitation of Russian natural resources, corrupt direction of Russian state-owned enterprises, and close political affiliation with Vladimir Putin. This description, the suit argues, does not fit Doronin. His farewell column was subtle but pointed: Any ownership change in any business is tough, but Ive been through a few in my nearly 40 years as a newspaper journalist, and Im not up for another one at this point in my career, he wrote. A one-day veto session was held on April 29. Ogden owns more than 50 daily newspapers across the U.S. } .leg-hnt-section-title { The Marlins boom-and-bust cycles were already diminishing the teams shaky South Floridafanbasewhen along came theMir-inspiredMarlins Park. .mw-body #mw-content-text .rcvvotebox h3.votebox-header-office-name { .race_header.democratic { Wendy's ethnicity is Caucasian, whose political affiliation is currently a registered Republican; and religious views are listed as Christian. The video, which already has 1.2 million views as of Thursday (August 4), was shared by the twitter account @cityofsteelspo1 with the caption "FOR THE YINZERS!!!" document.getElementById('leg-hnt-toggle6450267552154').addEventListener('click', event => { $('.collapse').collapse('hide'); } } $('#emessage'+s).empty(); $('.showResponses').hide(); ul.key-messages {list-style-type: none; margin-left:10px; } Read: The coronavirus is killing local news. The next week, the people who now controlled the content of the Times traveled to Aspen for damage control and personnel management. } The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the general election was September 22, 2014. a[aria-expanded=true] .fa-chevron-right { display: none; } } The Aspen Times has chosen to sensationalize a false narrative that targets Mr. Doronin simply because he was born in what is today Russia in order to attack the development of a luxury resort in Aspen, the 17-page court filing reads. .results_row.winner { $('#' + this.value + s).show(); p.survey-response {white-space: pre-line;} Founded on September 22, 1890 with H. C. Ogdens launch of the Wheeling News, Ogden Newspapers has since grown to over 50 daily newspapers, along with a number of weeklies and a magazine division stretching from New York to Hawaii. display: inline-block; [3][4] Nutting has received several industry awards and honors and served on the boards of directors of area business groups as well as having formerly been President of the Maine Pharmacy Association.[2]. /* Show the tooltip text when you mouse over the tooltip container */ And then the pressure campaign began. Boston Red Sox: John Henry, the teams majority owner, purchased the franchise in 2002 with the earnings from his commodities futures trading company. font-size: 20px; A benefit of a citizens legislature is accessibility to state officials. .non_result_row { overflow: hidden; var x = '%7B%221%22%3A%7B%22votes%22%3A221%7D%7D'; .inner_percentage.Green { The signature filing deadline for party candidates wishing to run in this election was March 17, 2014. 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SLKwas no angel either. vertical-align: middle; } We must fix our crumbling roads and bridges, and lower taxes so people are not driven out of the state they love. div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } font-weight: 100; color:white; The terms of the agreement would remain confidential. .inner_percentage, .inner_percentage.Nonpartisan, .inner_percentage.Independent, .inner_percentage.Constitution, .inner_percentage.unknown { Maybe it already has. Robert Nutting did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey. State legislature | font-weight: bold; padding-left: 0; .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper { font-size: .9em; margin-bottom: 1px; font-weight: 300; $('#emessage64502674bd8e0').html(' Total : ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); If it is suppressing news stories in other cities and firing editors for attempting to be transparent with the public, nobody would know. Its drama unfolds in a superficially idyllic mountain community where a 1969 mayoral candidates slogan, Sell Aspen or Save It, still sums up its core conflict. currentSession: false } Malone, according to a 1994Wiredprofile, was widely considered theDarth Vader of theinfobahn because of his insatiable push to conquer the industry. $('#candidate-connection-twitter-118219').on('click', () => { ga('send', 'event', 'surveycta', 'surveycta-click-twitter'); }); } Cameron Nutting Williams was the next company representative to talk to me about taking the job. text-align: left !important; Robert Nutting (Republican Party) is a member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 66. font-weight: bold; The guy was born in St. Petersburg, became a billionaire in Moscow real estate, and for calling him a Russian oligarch, he sues and somehow the journalists are losing their jobs? Browder told the crowd assembled in the Hotel Jerome ballroom, next door to the building where Aspen Times reporters had, for decades, kept the powerful accountable. tForeground: "#444444", .indicate_scroll { font-weight: bold; Source. While Kendrick claimed to oppose the bill, the Republican donor also reportedly held a private fundraiser for an SB 1070 proponent, state Sen. Jonathan Paton, in his private box at Chase Field. We seemed to be a safe harbor for small-town journalists. } As Nutting spoke, I Googled his company. .results_table { (Krause was unhappy about this, but felt that his hands were tied. top: 2px; Maine House of Representatives District 78, Maine House of Representatives District 77, Maine House of Representatives elections, 2022. complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Robert Nutting apparently has been content to collect handsome profits without reinvesting in better personnelalthough the Pirates did manage to secure $228 Then, at 11, Pattillo came to my desk. } } They have three children and five grandchildren. .results_row.winner { top: -1px; display: flex; }, 100); background-color: #ccc; } Though we didnt learn of Gorsuchs threat right away, he quickly confirmed those fears. padding-left: 0; width: 100% !important; } background-color: green; width: 150px; To see all bills sponsored by this person, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table. } They dont have an alternative platform for the letter writers and the angry elected officials. margin-bottom: 4px; A primary election took place on June 10, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. max-height: 580px; Maine is a beautiful state with generous, hard-working people. font-size:0.58em; I planned to let Roger Marolt tell his censorship story and run his spiked columns, bring in outside journalists to cover our internal tumult and the muzzling, be transparent with the public about this stain on the Times history, and then get back to covering Doronin. CarlosGimenez, who parlayed his opposition to the stadium deal into a successful run for Miami-Dade mayor, described Marlins Park toSports Illustrateds S.L. $('.showResponses').on('click', () => { width: 50px; And he is pissed.. I hoped I could use the apparent trust the company had in me to get them to stop censoring our coverage. Through a representative, Doronin said later that his intention with the lawsuit was to address factual inaccuracies and false and defamatory statements that were having a negative impact, not to suppress ongoing coverage.". Ogden had not bought those apartments from Swift, nor had it bought any of the buildings housing newsrooms. margin-bottom:0px; The plot of land is one of the most sought-after patches of sloped dirt in ski country, the site of the 1950 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, which helped put Aspen on the map. max-width: 75px; display:inline-block; Andafter two days on a job theyd spent more than a month recruiting me forthey no longer trusted me. } A viral video shows an awkward moment in which Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting poses alongside a fan wearing a "sell the team" t-shirt.. Alan Tibbetts was unopposed in the Democratic primary. The only investors who wont let independent, investigative journalism down are the people who actually care about its futureyou. margin: 0; $(".results_table64502674ae4c1").hide(); The team talked about what to do next. Houston Astros:Jim Cranes company, Eagle Global Logistics, was forced to pay the federal government more than $4.3 million to settle charges of war profiteering related to contracts in Iraq. Save big on a full year of investigations, ideas, and insights. Prior to its acquisition by Goldman, it had been fined $1 million by the National Association of Securities Dealers for delaying paperwork in order to secure a competitive advantage, protect its interests and maximize its profits or minimize its losses. But by the standards of21st-centuryWall Street, the Rays Goldman-stocked front officeably chronicled in Jonah KerisThe Extra 2%looks more George Bailey than BernieMadoff. } } One thing Larry hasnt done: change that awful logo. } else { [6][7], Elections for the Maine House of Representatives took place in 2014. } The following day, when they gave me a formal offer, I told them I would wait to accept until the lawsuit settlement was done and restrictions were lifted. Tampa Bay Rays:Goldman Sachs alum Stuart Sternberg took controlling interest of the club in 2005. var t = '600'; It was clear, he said, that I didnt trust my new bosses. } He won in the general election on November 8, 2022. I told her there was no bigger story in Aspen right now. Last week made me wonder if the foundation the hometown paper has stood solidly on for hundreds of years in this nation is finally cracking, Marolt wrote. .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper .image-candidate-thumbnail { (He eventually settled for half that.) .leg-hnt-district-number { and how he promised Reds fans a World Series when he bought the team in 2006 (passionate anddriven!). padding-top: 8px; .non_result_row th { [5], Alan Tibbetts ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 77 Democratic primary. Nutting ran unopposed in the November 2 general election. $('.pastResponses').show(); .rcvvotebox, h5.rcvrace_header, .rcvresults_text, .rcvresults_table_container, .rcvvotebox_legend { As of 2022, he is the last Republican Maine House Speaker. ), Read: A secretive hedge fund is gutting newspapers. column-rule: 1px solid #aaa; position: relative; Odgen CEO Robert M. Nutting told employees in meetings on Tuesday that they will all retain their positions through the transition. .contact_entity {font-size: 1.0em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 0.5em;} color: #888; .large-date { text-align: center; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600;} You will receive a FedEx package at your house tomorrow with your final check. School districts | Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting Rampant socioeconomic inequality is one of the key causes of piracy. } } In Aspen, anyway, the town papers seem no match for the insulted billionaire who can outspend them a thousandfold People who dont even live here can control the content of our papers.. background-color: #003388; His current term ends on December 4, 2024. .percentage_number { The more we reported, the more the paper was inundated: a cascade of correction and retraction demands from Doronins people on nearly everything we published about him. And it speaks to a deepening crisis for the free press, which has been comprehensively betrayed in Aspen. $('#emessage64502674ae4c1').empty(); He graduated from Skowhegan Area High School in 1965 and attained a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in 1970. } .inner_percentage.Democratic { float: right; width: 50px; max-width: 600px; Its chairman, John Malone, currently owns more land than any other American2.1 million acres. Sternbergs only political gift in 2012, a grand total of $1,000, went to Sen. KirstenGillibrand(D-NY). width: 50%; Also represented in the Rockies ownership group is former GOP senate candidate Pete Coors, purveyor ofsuper cold beerand brother to Joe CoorsJr., who once predicted that Armageddon would arrive in 2000. Seattle Mariners:HiroshiYamauchiis the former president and chairman of Nintendo, and the man responsible for introducing the world toPokmoneven though he cant stand video games. B.S. In 2011 and 2012, he gavemore than $100,000to Republican candidates and committees, including $30,800 to the National Republican Congressional Committee. }else{ } Atlanta Braves:Liberty Media started as a spin-off of cable giant Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI). var x = '%7B%221%22%3A%7B%22votes%22%3A600%7D%7D'; display: inline; Stanford was already seated at the table, laptop open. (Doronin has not been sanctioned and says he has no ties to Putin or Russia.) There were no incumbents in this race. width: 100% !important; Nutting has been affiliated with the Oakland Town Council and the Lions Club.[3]. font-weight: 300; Being able to disagree on policy without being angry or petty has become something of a lost virtue in both Augusta and Washington. On June 3, Pattillo published a note that finally put the Times on the record about the lawsuit, the settlement, and the censorship, and assured readers that coverage restrictions had been lifted. He has the same passion I have for the game, and he lives and dies with each pitch, which I can understand completely. ButSelig is terrible, so never mind. in
.rcvvotebox { Michael Perkins defeated Alan Tibbetts in the Maine House of Representatives District 77 general election. } Nuttings contribution to the general collapse of society has been negligible, however. It's us but for your ears. In March, he teamed up with a former Secret Service director, a top aide to Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano, and a private prison lobbyist to launchSRB2KLLC, billed as a global security firm. (Were guessing theyll come up with a better name.) border:1px solid #FFB81F; } in Pharmacy. Listen on Apple Podcasts. color: white; If it did it here, the company could do it anywhere. font-size: 12px; Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error. padding-top: 8px; .non_result_row div { Arizona Diamondbacks: Ken Kendrick made headlines back in April 2010 when he announced that he had purchased one of the rarest and most expensive baseball cards ever produceda 1909 Honus Wagnerfor $2.8 million. The Pirates haven't appeared in a postseason game since padding-top: 5px; .inner_percentage { Very very bad, we learned, when Vladislav Doronin came to town. border: 1px solid #999; In the past, Wendy has also been known as Wendy L Nutting and Wendy L Bailey. The day before, Pattillo had directed me to reach out to Roger Marolt about how to tell readers why his column had been missing for those two weeks; Roger sent a draft and we planned to publish it, along with the two spiked columns as well as email correspondence about Ogdens censorship in an extended online version. .non_result_row div { border: 1px solid #888; var s = "64502674ae4c1"; But he also uses his money and influence to get what he wants. .panel-heading:hover { cursor: pointer;} width: 100%; Ogdens brass had now been pursuing me for weeks to replace Krause, and now they were lobbying me in person; I had been told I was their only candidate. A Carroll piece originally headlined Oligarch or Not, New Aspen Investor Has Russian Ties was brightened to New Aspen Investor Has Luxury Hotelier Connections. On each of these stories, a penitent editors note was appended, suggesting that the piece as originally published did not meet The Aspen Times standards for accuracy, fairness and objectivity in its news reporting. Apparently all that this self-proclaimed non-oligarch billionaire and his bulldog lawyers wanted out of their lawsuit was to change some text on AspenTimes.com. (The following year, Hunter S. Thompson mounted his Freak Power campaign for sheriff; upon losing, he gave a concession speech at the Hotel Jerome in a Founding Fatherstyle wig.