Posts tagged sonics
Clay Bennett instructed his colleague...
Depositions and email about the Sonics arena give increasing insight. This article explains why we never got a clear indication of how much the Sonics would spend, or how much they expected Renton to spend. Clay Bennett did not want anyone to know…
“The city’s attorneys continually pounded away in the pretrial interviews a [...]
Seattle lobbied against Renton Arena
The Renton Sonics Arena proposal had even less support than I thought. While Renton was spending money studying it, even SEATTLE was lobbying against it. Here is the article in The Oklahoman
Seattle PI Soundoff comment cracked m...
After a couple years of wrangling with Sonics leadership about a new Seattle or Renton Stadium, the “Soundoff” comment from a reader of todays Seattle PI made me laugh out loud.
Here is the article:
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By GARY WASHBURN
P-I REPORTER
NEW ORLEANS — In his most disparaging and pessim [...]
Too much drama
“I’ve been waiting for Clay Bennett to flip us all off and tell us to go jump in the lake,” Prentice said.
My thoughts… “Really Senator? Is this what we should expect from Clay Bennett?”
I do not share Senator Margarita Prentice’s view that it is reasonable, even figuratively, for Clay Bennett to fli [...]
Seattle PI: Sonics owners were never...
While I am sorry to see our region lose the Sonics, it was obvious from the logic, statements, and body language that the team’s new owners were posturing to move the Sonics to Oklahoma all along. Very few of us were unable to figure this out.
At least the owners are finally coming clean with this information.
The only thing that could [...]
The mayor’s comments a bit over...
On Monday, the Renton City Council asked our council president to co-author a letter of thanks to the Renton legislators that gave us such a successful session this spring, and worked on our behalf in Olympia.
We did not know that the next morning a letter from our Mayor would appear in the Seattle Times, chastizing the entirety of the Hous [...]
Proposed resolution on the Sonics Are...
At the council meeting a week ago, the Renton City Council debated passing a resolution concerning the Sonics Arena.
you can read about the debate and the wording of the proposed resolution by clicking here
Renton Myspacers concerned about Soni...
Renton Myspace users seem very concerned about the Sonics Arena discussions to date.
For example, Dave Says “I feel that everyone that wants this to happen sees $$$. I think we should really do what’s right for the citizens not for the cities revenue. And we are a growing comunity but we are going to bust at the seams trying to cr [...]
Sonics Arena
The Council needs to recieve details on the Sonics Arena proposal as soon as possible. Several of us on council have expressed our support of having the Sonics in town, but we are getting nervous about not getting formal information from the Mayor’s office, and not having a chance to discuss the options. When we ask questions, we get [...]
Renton Myspace Friends weigh in on So...
Renton WA Myspace friends are commenting on today’s Seattle Times story about the Sonics’ search for a new home. It’s interesting to see what these Rentonites are saying. Most seem in favor of a Renton arena, but some remain concerned about traffic and taxes. Read the Myspace blog and all the Myspace reader comments by c [...]