.non_result_row th { 32, which would have kept unions and corporations from using automatic payroll deductions to bankroll political activity, and $200,000 forKarl Roves American Crossroads. Washington Nationals:Nobody tells Ted Lerner what to do, former business magazine publisher Bill Regardie told theWashington Post. Oakland Athletics:Lewis Wolff, a real estate magnate and hotel developer, bought the As in 2005 and has talked openly about moving the team more or less ever since. width: 100% text-align: center; .contact_office { font-size: 0.8 em; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} background-color: #003388; padding-left: 0; San Francisco Giants:Charles B. Johnson, a mutual-funds baron and the211th-richest personin the world according toForbes,spent some $200,000to try to defeat Californias Proposition 30, the sales and income tax increase that included elements of the states millionaires tax initiative. The Daily News ran a story; for weeks, letters to the editor and columns about the situation would dominate its commentary pages. Working together to achieve the goals stated above would be a success in my view. .key-messages li:last-child { margin-bottom: 0px;} A city-council member speculated in our pages that the land had been a nice safe place to park money. Stickers were pasted around downtown with the word GORSUCKS emblazoned below a Soviet hammer and sickle. I didnt know it at the time, but that day Ogden spiked a column about Doronin by Roger Marolt. It is not, however, the cause of Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting being a cheapskate. background-color: #6db24f; Minnesota Twins:JimPohlad, a Minneapolis banker, hasnt had much time to prove himself after inheriting the franchise from his late father, Carlwho was infamous for volunteering to kill off the team in exchange for$150 millionfrom Major League Baseball. height: 56px; .widget-row { Source. .rcvrace_header.Green { .leg-hnt-district-container { font-size: 12px; But in his defense, nothing says dont be evil like lowering theprice of beer. We will contact you with instructions for how to clean out your desk area. I would not be receiving severance. The terms of the agreement would remain confidential. .rcvtooltip span { font-size:0.68em; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim:They say your first billion is always the hardest. } } The Denver Post published a story about my firing on Saturday, June 18. } var s = "64502674bd8e0"; font-weight: bold; var s = "64502674ae4c1"; Our paper was profitable, owing largely to real-estate advertising. font-size: 0.9em; 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. } 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. var ex_votes = t - abcde[l].votes; Carroll, who had been openly talking about quitting and taking his Doronin reporting elsewhere, stepped in as interim editor. In 2013, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 5, 2012, to July 10, 2013. padding:7px 8px 8px; var l = '1' .votebox-results-cell--check { [8][9][10][11], Nutting won re-election in the 2012 election for Maine House of Representatives District 78. .votebox_bp_logo { background-color: #003388; | .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper { As the court put it, The record shows that there is only one Evil Empire in baseball and it is the New York Yankees. If only it were true. Nutting ran unopposed in the November 2 general election. In 2011 and 2012, he gavemore than $100,000to Republican candidates and committees, including $30,800 to the National Republican Congressional Committee. I told her there was no bigger story in Aspen right now. padding-bottom: 8px; .inner_percentage { Baltimore Orioles: Peter Angelos made his big break in 1992, when his law firm scored $100 million from a class-action lawsuit against asbestos manufacturers. Staunch Republicans, theMorenosgave $100,000 to the Romney Victory Fund in 2012. Charlie and DickMonforthelped run the eponymous Big Ag empire until 1987. On May 20, The Denver Post ran a story on Doronin suing the Times for calling him an oligarch, one of several stories that would carry the magnates name and oligarch together and link them in Google searches for all time. It was clear, he said, that I didnt trust my new bosses. margin-bottom:0px; margin-bottom: 4px; U.S. Congress | .results_row td:first-child { .widget-key {
.rcvvotebox { .votebox-results-metadata-p { } width: 100% overflow-x: auto; font-size: 2em; display: flex; Suppression of news creates disinformation, and Ogden is the gatekeeper for communities in 18 states. color: white; The paper, which was based for much of its history in a purple-painted building between a drugstore and the Hotel Jerome, developed a reputation for shoe-leather reporting and accountability journalism. St. Louis Cardinals:In the early 1990s, William DeWitt Jr. helped put together an ownership groupincluding George W. Bushthat would go on to buy the Texas Rangers. When Russia invaded Ukraine last winter and Russian oligarchs with real-estate holdings all over the world were sanctioned, Aspen (and its media) wondered how much of Aspens economy was tainted. font-weight: 200; padding-bottom: 3px; Current Yanks owners Hal and Hank havent given anything to candidates. font-size: 5px; Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox. } Odgen CEO Robert M. Nutting told employees in meetings on Tuesday that they will all retain their positions through the transition. Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. } 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. [4] margin: 0; .votebox-results-cell--number { But revision-by-lawsuit is not in the Associated Press stylebook or taught in any journalism-ethics class. 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[5], Alan Tibbetts ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 77 Democratic primary. Nutting won re-election to the Maine House of Representatives in 2014. Yes, Im a registered Republican, although Ive voted for Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. Two hours later, I walked into the Times conference room, Aspen Mountain framed in the window before me. 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. On a Zoom call with her, I raised my concern about the restrictions and said I couldnt take the job without editorial independence. In 2012, thePohladclan doled out $644,000 to political causes and candidates, almost all of it to Democrats. } font-style: italic; if(document.getElementsByClassName("reference").length==0) if(document.getElementById('Footnotes')!==null) document.getElementById('Footnotes').parentNode.style.display = 'none'; .succession-table th, .succession-table tr { .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { (Having a second paper as an option, commissioners recognized, was an extraordinary privilege.) margin-bottom:16px; BT50.Widget({ ): font-weight: 500; They discussed organizing a walkout, publishing a coordinated social-media post, starting a new media organization, making a statement to the Daily News. box-sizing: border-box; background-color: #003388; font-weight: 300; The Marolt columns disappeared from the Times website on Saturday and took on a contraband cachet on social media. Viewed in the context of the competition, with its anti-discrimination settlements and SEC investigations, the Yankees are, like their Opening Day roster, fairly pedestrian. Wendy's ethnicity is Caucasian, whose political affiliation is currently a registered Republican; and religious views are listed as Christian. letter-spacing: 0.03em; box-sizing: border-box; I was there because Nuttings company, Ogden Newspapers, had just bought us. z-index:1; } Nutting served as the Speaker of the House from 2011-2012. margin-bottom: .75em; In 2016, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 6 through April 20. padding-bottom: 8px; .votebox-results-metadata-p { 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 float:right; (Prop. They did, however, manage to trademark the expression Evil Empire.. } .electionsectionheading { var s = "64502674ae4c1"; $('.showResponses').hide(); Toronto Blue Jays:The Jays are one of only two Major League teams owned entirely by corporations. .race_header, .results_text, .results_table_container, .votebox_legend { a[aria-expanded=true] .fa-chevron-right { display: none; } $('#emessage64502674bd8e0').html(' through round ' + this.value + ': ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); .outer_percentage { background-color: red; }else if (this.value > 1){ border: 1px solid #aaa; During the last week of April, Krause asked me into his office. We think you are working against us, not for us, and we are going to let you go. He paused. .votebox-scroll-container { I hope it was all for a real good purpose. But Morse wanted to make one thing clear in his interview with the Globe: When its chartered, it never has the logo of the Red Sox on it. Henry gave almost $1 million to Democrats between 1992 and 2004, but nothing in 2012. overflow: hidden; width: 57%; The bad news is that hes ceding a significant and potentially embarrassing chunk of voters to an anti-vaccine activist. Copyright 2023 Mother Jones and the Foundation for National Progress. position: absolute; var x = '%7B%221%22%3A%7B%22votes%22%3A600%7D%7D'; Not only did we stop calling him an oligarch; we stopped naming him at all. Nutting won re-election to the Maine House of Representatives in 2012. } height: 50px; and how he promised Reds fans a World Series when he bought the team in 2006 (passionate anddriven!). Federal courts | color: white; This is all complete BS and bullying (my opinion). The next day, he announced his departure to the staff. He has two older siblings, a sister and a brother, who are both retired teachers. } } display: inline-block; .top_disclaimer { background-color: #f9d334; } background-color: #f9f9f9; They dont care what we think, Marolt wrote of Doronin and his associates. Or even baseball: He has been the owner of the Mariners for the last two decades, but has never once been to a game. overflow-y: hidden; } During the pandemics urban exodus, private-home development and real-estate sales have been supercharged to levels unheard of even here in Aspen. Nutting is a former Republican member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 77 from 2008 to 2016. Box 100, Oakland, ME 04963 Contact: (207) 629-7035 Seat Number: 101 House District: 66 Town(s): Oakland / Party Bill Nutting soon made it known I was also his choice to be editor, according to Pattillo. He was born in the U.S.S.R., amassed a fortune transforming Soviet industrial real estate into office space for Western companies like IBM and Philip Morris, expanded into developing international luxury resorts, and had also found time to date (and rather bitterly and publicly separate from) the supermodel Naomi Campbell. Nutting married Wendy Libby in 1968. width: 215px !important; To get one, go to the subscriptions page. } display: inline-block; Inexpensive, too! Meanwhile, word of my firing was spreading through town. .non_result_row { .indicate_scroll { How hot is this story? she asked. With a Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. var l = '1' Robert Nutting apparently has been content to collect handsome profits without reinvesting in better personnelalthough the Pirates did manage to secure$228 million in public fundingfor PNC Park. in 1970. New York Yankees:TheSteinbrennerbrothers father, shipping magnate George, was banned from baseballtwiceonce for paying a gambler to spy on his own player, and once for attempting to cover up illegal donations to Richard Nixons 1972 reelection campaign. } font-weight: bold; They deserve a government that lets them keep more of their own money, leaves them alone when theyre not harming others, and provides them with the basic duties of government: freedom, security, opportunity, and affordable energy and transportation. width: 100%; if (l > 1){ $(".results_table64502674bd8e0").hide(); Though we didnt learn of Gorsuchs threat right away, he quickly confirmed those fears. max-width: 600px; if (l > 1){ } Maybe they dont realize real people live here who depend on [development] for more than a boost in the Forbes 500 ranking.. .inner_percentage { visibility: visible; During that election cycle, Nutting raised a total of $7,789. color:#888; WebRobert Nutting (born 1947) is a Republican politician from Maine who served six terms in the Maine House of Representatives. display: inline-block; Walter and co-owner Magic Johnson (yes, him) teamed up to give six figures to the Obama Victory Fund. } We dont really have anything to add to that. font-size: 1.25em; WebWendy Nutting was born on 06/14/1948 and is 74 years old. Mainers can participate in public hearings, email or phone their representatives directly, and they can talk directly to their representatives when they see them around town. Robert Nutting, who currently serves as the President & CEO of Ogden Newspapers Inc., followed the legacy of his dad, G. Ogden Nutting. } $('#selected_round' +s).html("1"); border-radius: 50%; padding-left: 10px; Sign up and get top stories to begin the day delivered to your inbox at 5 a.m. Waterville man arrested after threat to MaineGenerals Thayer Center for Health causes lockdown, One injured after car crashes into Vassalboro home, bursts into flames, Towns challenge new Maine law meant to ease housing crisis. Nutting defeated Tibbetts in the general election. clear: both; $("#round64502674ae4c1").change(function(){ float: right; padding-bottom: 7px; An overwhelming 71.6 percent of respondents rated Nuttings performance as a 1, for poor and another 21.4 percent categorized themselves as a 2. And then the pressure campaign began. margin-bottom: 0px; .results_row.winner { .infobox p { Despite record spending, Maine still has many problems we need to solve: a massive drug problem, schoolchildren falling behind those in other countries, the serious shortage of health care workers, tradesmen, and first responders. So where does your teams ownership rank? Quality of life or homeless crackdown in Lewiston? } } The Times had been covering the Gorsuch Haus plan for more than three years already, and we ran an editorial criticizing Gorsuch and his partners for trading on his family name and misleading voters. That means we're going to have upwards of $350,000, maybe more, to raise in online donations between now and June 30, when our fiscal year ends and we have to get to break-even. padding-left: 0; color: #888; overflow-x: scroll; Nutting and his wife, Wendy, have three children. Throughout that time, the company has been committed to excellence in journalism vertical-align: top; CarlosGimenez, who parlayed his opposition to the stadium deal into a successful run for Miami-Dade mayor, described Marlins Park toSports Illustrateds S.L. The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. font-size: .9em; If something is wrong, you all must do something to stop it Were blessed to have many people living in Aspen with great meansIm appealing to them now. $('#' + this.value + s).show(); SLKwas no angel either. A one-day veto session was held on April 29. .leg-hnt-flex-row { width: 95% !important; Dejan Kovacevic: "Bob Nutting voted yes on an agreement that'll keep killing baseball in Pittsburgh, so he must think it's fine. .electionsectionheading { Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. }. 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.". font-weight: 300; justify-content: center; background: #4c4c4c; .results_text { .percentage_number { } right: 0; .leg-hnt-border-top { width: 500, He won in the general election on November 8, 2022. Kansas City Royals: In 1992, when he was still president and CEO of Walmart, David Glass was confronted by NBCs Dateline with evidence of child labor at a T-shirt factory in Bangladesh. Social media accounts: } } margin: 3px 0; display:inline-block; The candidate filing deadline was March 15, 2016. .contact_entity {font-size: 1.5em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} (Among other things, the agencys report included anallegationthat Crane had told subordinates, Once you hire blacks, you can never fire them.) Crane gave $45,800 to political causes in 2012, most of it to the Obama Victory Fundwhich may explain why hewent golfingwith theprezand Tiger Woods in February. } text-align: center; $('#emessage64502674ae4c1').html(' Total : ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); .votebox_legend .non_result_row { Because the bottom line: Corporations and powerful people with deep pockets will never sustain the type of journalism Mother Jones exists to do. But his long tenure hasnt exactly made the mild-manneredGentleman Davea fan favorite, probably because hes said things like this: I just believe the organization needs an image thats not directly tied to wins and losses. The ownership groups $200,000-plus in 2012 contributions came mostly from pipe-tobacco magnates John and Leigh Middleton. $('#emessage64502674bd8e0').html(' Total : ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); Ilitchand his wife, Marian, gave $184,000 to federal candidates in 2012, mostly to Republicans. Nutting did not seek re-election to the Maine House of Representatives in 2016. 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). background-color: #db0000; Nutting was born in Maine. .percentage_number { backImage: "flat", } }else{ $(".results_table64502674ae4c1").hide(); } His current term ends on December 4, 2024. $('.pastResponses').hide(); On Thanksgiving 2021, the start of ski season, the Times editorial team numbered 13, including four reporters who had been covering our town since at least the 1990s. } 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. 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