@media screen and (max-width: 411px) { }) .rcvrace_header.Republican { line-height: 1.5em; if (l > 1){ flex: 0 0 175px; Scott Stanford is coming here, she said. width: 100%; Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Our lawyers are currently in negotiations with their people on a settlement, Krause wrote. He was represented by attorneys from the firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, based in Los Angeles. $('#emessage' +s).html(' Total exhausted votes: ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); } width: 350px; display: inline-block; .contact_entity {font-size: 1.0em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 0.5em;} Pattillo had assured me there were no further restrictions on the Times covering Doronin. 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.". .electionsectionheading { font-size: 12px; margin: 3px 0; margin: 0; At the Aspen Ideas Festival, which annually draws media figures, world leaders, and CEOs to the Aspen Institutes Bauhaus-designed campus, the financier turned anti-Putin activist Bill Browder mentioned the Doronin lawsuit and my firing in a public panel. .inner_percentage { display: block; } margin-right: 12px; Nutting won re-election to the Maine House of Representatives in 2012. font-style: italic; Just eight months earlier, Gorsuch and his partners had bought the plot from the Aspen Skiing Company for just $10 million. We were treated well by our parent company, Swift Communications. }else{ color: #fff; In the past, Wendy has also been known as Wendy L Nutting and Wendy L Bailey. } padding-left: 16px; var s = "64502674bd8e0"; Nutting and his wife, Wendy, have three children. .inner_percentage.Republican { $('.hideResponses').show(); They did, however, manage to trademark the expression Evil Empire.. .leg-hnt-leadership > div { background-color: #003388; Nutting ran unopposed in the June 12 Republican primary and defeated Harry Hayes (Maine) (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[12][13]. But thats not good enough. font-weight: bold; width: 100% .rcvrace_header { .inner_percentage.Democratic { The week of July 4, it was five, including just two full-time reporters. It's us but for your ears. position: absolute; fontFamily: "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif", $('#selected_round' +s).html("1"); .rcvvotebox-results-cell--check { I enjoy hunting, gardening, woodworking, and golf. As if all that werent enough, an Amway meeting space/recruiting center recently moved into Citi Field. 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. Chairman of the board: Bob Nutting. His father was a roofer and plumber and his mother was a nurse. And he is pissed.. max-height: 580px; Not only did we stop calling him an oligarch; we stopped naming him at all. 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. overflow-y: hidden; I find that to be a real disservice to our community.. display: none; padding-bottom: 8px; border-top: 1px solid #aaa; .inner_percentage.Libertarian { One of the leagues most anti-union owners, he was accused of colludingwith fellow owners to drive down player salaries in the1980s. The only investors who wont let independent, investigative journalism down are the people who actually care about its futureyou. } 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. Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting is well aware of fans' frustrations heading into the 2021 season. Instead, Ogden officials ordered us to cease writing about anything remotely related to the lawsuit. Shortly before midnight the day after the sale to Doronin, an Aspen-based affordable-housing developer named Peter Fornell took a can of red spray paint to the window of Gorsuch Ski Cafe and scrawled a most devastating slur: GO BACK TO VAIL. The ranks of Major League Baseball owners include some of the richest menand they are almost exclusively white malesin the country, as likely to open their wallets for a super-PAC as they are a top-shelf free agent. display: inline-block; Local businesses have pulled their ads in protest, and Pitkin County commissioners have taken their legal notices to the Daily News. Nuttings approval rating is low. position: relative; Nutting is a former Republican member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 77 from 2008 to 2016. State legislature | In the days that followed, Ogden introduced our new leadership team. } You can share 5 more gift articles this month. background-color: #f9f9f9; Jonathan Drake/Reuters. in Henceforth, he made bank by (mostly) sticking up for the little guytaking on more asbestos companies, the lead paint industry, and a diet pill manufacturer. padding-bottom: 0px; } .leg-hnt-flex-row { $('#emessage64502674ae4c1').html(' Exhausted votes through round ' + this.value + ': ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); Since taking over as owner in 2007, Bob Nutting's Pittsburgh Pirates franchise has made the playoffs just three times, and the club will not be making it a fourth time in 2022. overflow: hidden; But at least they arent a hedge fund, I thought. Stanford told them he would send the request up the flagpole, but the staff never got an answer. .widget-img { } 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. $("#round64502674ae4c1").change(function(){ vertical-align: top; Counties | In 2014, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 2. color: #888; Bob 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. (She also launched a super-PAC to supportLGBTcandidates.) } border: 1px solid #888; top: -5px; Philadelphia Phillies:David Montgomery worked his way up through the ranks in the Phillies organization, even working as the teamsscoreboard operatorin the early 70s. var t = '221';text-align: left !important; width: 95% !important; background-color: #f9f9f9; .widget-row.heading { font-size: 12px; 00:00:02. left: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; margin-bottom: -2px !important; His current term ends on December 4, 2024. At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Nutting served on the following committees: At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Nutting served on the following committees: In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Nutting served on the following committees: In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Nutting served on the following committees: The following table lists bills sponsored by this legislator. display: block; Nutting served as the Speaker of the House from 2011-2012. if (l > 1){ He also served in the chamber from 1999 to 2006. , See also:Maine House of Representatives elections, 2022. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. Weve said it before, and well say it again: If Bob Nutting doesnt want to pay to field a legitimate Major League Baseball team in padding-bottom: 5px; margin-bottom: .75em; If it did it here, the company could do it anywhere. They dont have an alternative platform for the letter writers and the angry elected officials. U.S. Congress | } visibility: visible; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left: 10px; In 2012, the Maine State Legislature was in session from January 4 through April 14, in recess from April 14 through May 13, and adjourned May 31. const abcde =JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(x)); He won in the general election on November 8, 2022. Meanwhile, word of my firing was spreading through town. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Ogden had not bought those apartments from Swift, nor had it bought any of the buildings housing newsrooms. His Wall Street nickname is marginally more favorable: swamp alligator.. .mw-content-ltr td.votebox-results-cell--text, A primary election took place on June 10, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The candidate filing deadline was March 15, 2016. padding-bottom: 3px; display: block; } Chicago Cubs:Remember the plan hatched last year by Cubs family patriarch JoeRickettsto defeat the metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln (a.k.a. .inner_percentage, .inner_percentage.Nonpartisan, .inner_percentage.Independent, .inner_percentage.Constitution, .inner_percentage.unknown { background-color: green; This is a singular American town in many respects. See also: Maine House of Representatives elections, 2016 Elections for the Maine House of Representatives took place in 2016. margin-top: 1px; It was the biggest story in town. Is Your Favorite Baseball Teams Owner Still an Asshole? .results_table { Ogden owns more than 50 daily newspapers across the U.S. His fellow owners are a bit more active, though. clear: both; background-color: #db0000; Tampa Bay Rays:Goldman Sachs alum Stuart Sternberg took controlling interest of the club in 2005. display: inline-block; Wed never seen anything like this at the Times. Now it appears as though we have an out-of-state business that controls the Aspen press, he said. Milwaukee Brewers:By all accounts, MarkAttanasiois alaid-back, baseball-savvy guywho also happens to run an investment company that manages some $11 billion in assets. In the end, they decided to give compromise one last shot. }, 100); $(window).unload(function(){$("#round64502674bd8e0").val($("#round64502674bd8e0").children('option').length).change(); 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. }); State executives | Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer, and campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. Then she asked me about Doronin. It was a fifth-generation family-owned-and-operated company, as Nutting told us, and as just about everybody from Ogden repeated at every opportunity after the announcement. During the pandemics urban exodus, private-home development and real-estate sales have been supercharged to levels unheard of even here in Aspen. .indicate_scroll { @media (max-width:600px) { break-inside: avoid-column; .percentage_number { }else{ height: 56px; } But letters to the editor kept pouring into the paper, and Carroll kept digging. padding-bottom: 5px; $('.showResponses').on('click', () => { Depending on the election or state, this may not represent all the funds spent on their behalf. .race_header.libertarian { Robert Nutting defeated Alicia Barnes in the general election for Maine House of Representatives District 66 on November 8, 2022. Pirates owners paper pulls editorial calling LGBTQ rights dubious .electionsectionheading { It is Ballotpedias goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number. [21], Robert Nuttings daughters, Cameron Nutting, Lachlan Nutting, and Taylor Nutting, must have grown up enjoying a comfortable lifestyle as they come from an influential business family. I learned that Nutting and his family also own the Pittsburgh Pirates, whose fans have nicknamed him Bottom-Line Bob for his habit of cutting loose the best ballplayers as soon as they got too expensive. Kenneth made his fortune by busting the union that served his workforce and replacing union workers with immigrant laborersmany of them undocumented. var x = '%7B%221%22%3A%7B%22votes%22%3A221%7D%7D'; letter-spacing: 0.03em; .votebox_legend .non_result_row { color:white; position: relative; } else { padding-left: 10px; background: #4c4c4c; Its about what happens to the public interest when billionaires collide, and when newsrooms are bullied into suppressing coverage by people with great mountains of money and battalions of lawyers. max-height: 355px; We start with Brian. width: 100% top: 2px; border-radius: 50%; Married to Wendy Nutting; three children, five grandchildren. text-align: center; 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. 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. font-weight: bold; Finally, on August 9, the paper ran a version of the Rick Carroll story theyd killed back in April. border-bottom: 1px solid grey; Yes, Im a registered Republican, although Ive voted for Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. .results_row td { Robert [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]. font-weight: bold; With the purchase, Ogden will width: 100%; p.survey-response {margin-left:10px;} 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. Elections in 2023 | font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold; .inner_percentage.CrossFiled { How this piece of dirt came to be worth $66 million more than it had been less than a year before was puzzling, as was the fact that Gorsuch had already marked the plot for a controversial and hard-won development project: the 81-room Gorsuch Haus hotel, along with 320,000 square feet of bars, restaurants, and shops, plus time-shares and a high-speed gondola. In all likelihood, she said, the suit would be officially dismissed in about five days. So we urgently need this specific ask, what you're reading right now, to start bringing in more donations than it ever has. } background-color: grey; .votebox-results-cell--number { Bob Hope was speaking in favor of the [Vietnam] War. The reality, for these next few months and next few years, is that we have to start finding ways to grow our online supporter base in a big wayand we're optimistic we can keep making real headway by being real with you about this. (Prop. display:none; $("#round64502674bd8e0").val($("#round64502674bd8e0").children('option').length).change(); Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. 1) Define what success would look like if you are elected to serve your district. $(".results_table64502674bd8e0").hide(); Very low. text-align: center; .leg-hnt-flex-column { During that time, the team hasnt had a single winning season. .rcvrace_header.Green { Robert Nutting: Republican Social media accounts: NuttingforHouse.com; facebook.com/BobNutting66 Occupation: Retired pharmacist Education: B.S. I didnt know it at the time, but that day Ogden spiked a column about Doronin by Roger Marolt. I was glad to have the business, actually, he told the Boston Globe. Allison Pattillo, a local I had hired in 2019 to serve as a contract editor on our seasonal tourist-focused magazines, and who had started full-time in the summer of 2021, would be our new publisher. 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. .results_row.winner { 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. float: left; .votebox-results-metadata { background-color: grey; Save big on a full year of investigations, ideas, and insights. overflow-x: scroll; in 1970. .results_row { Subscribe today and get a full year of Mother Jones for just $14.95. They dont have global power brokers breezing in for conferences. a[aria-expanded=false] .fa-chevron-down { display: none; } width: 35px !important; .inner_percentage.Libertarian { 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. $('#emessage64502674bd8e0').html(' Exhausted votes through round ' + this.value + ': ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); $('.hideResponses').hide(); $('.collapse').collapse('show'); width: 50%; margin-bottom: 4px; .results_row td:first-child { margin-right: 10px; Its chairman, John Malone, currently owns more land than any other American2.1 million acres. } To contribute to the list of Maine scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org. left: 0px; background-color: #6db24f; vertical-align: top; color: #888; In the eight weeks that followed, The Times published nothingno letters, columns, or news storiesabout Doronin or the development. background-color: #db0000; It looks like you do not have any active subscriptions. Can you pitch in a few bucks to help fund Mother Jones' investigative journalism? }. .infobox p { .contact_office { margin-top: 0.3em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} Robert Nutting did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey. border: 1px solid #a2a9b1 !important; div.survey-scrollbox { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } width: 100%; They dont care what we think, Marolt wrote of Doronin and his associates. The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Bob Nutting
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