margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; Sternbergs only political gift in 2012, a grand total of $1,000, went to Sen. KirstenGillibrand(D-NY). Read below the matrix for the full breakdown. How to run for office | } $('.showResponses').show(); margin: auto; } var t = '221'; } }else{ margin-right: 10px; These days, it is run by Bob Nutting and his brother, Bill, as CEO and vice president, respectively, with their fatherthe elderly and little-seen patriarch G. Ogden 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. Colorado Rockies:From the family that brought youfactory farms andcoked-upcattle! margin-top: 1em; dc.embed.loadNote('http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/679115/annotations/98407.js'); Cincinnati Reds:RobertCastellinitook over his familys business and turned it into one of the nations largest fruit, vegetable, and flower distributors. padding-left: 10px; } 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. $('#' + "1" + s).show(); Dont look now, but anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr ., is polling close to 20 percent in some Democratic primary surveys. font-size: 0.9em; margin-bottom: 0; .non_result_row { .rcvresults_table_container { 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. 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. 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. padding-top: 8px; } .votebox-results-metadata-p { I know I can re-establish those collegial relationships to pass common sense legislation that helps Mainers. Carroll, who had been openly talking about quitting and taking his Doronin reporting elsewhere, stepped in as interim editor. border: 1px solid #999; background-color: #ccc; .electionsectionheading { }else{ .widget-row.Green { .top_disclaimer { top: -5px; } The week of July 4, it was five, including just two full-time reporters. The candidate filing deadline was March 15, 2016. }); What's on my ballot? The top contributors are listed below:[19], In 2008, Nutting collected $6,147 in donations.[20]. display: block; 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. background-color: #003388; } display: block; Texas Rangers:Compared with one of its previous owners, George W. Bush, who went on to invade two countries and enter the United States into an intractable War on Terror, the Rangers current front office is downright tame. width: 100%; For example, an advocacy groups scorecard may assess a legislators voting record on one issue while a state newspapers scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety. IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE C-SPAN NOW FREE MOBILE APP OR WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. Being able to disagree on policy without being angry or petty has become something of a lost virtue in both Augusta and Washington. } Although the Times eventually republished the Marolt column from Junethis time with none of the internal emailsit went nearly four months without running any new reporting on Doronin. The paper, she wrote, would now continue with the journalistic integrity readers expect from the upstanding and award-winning editorial team at The Aspen Times., The day after the Times published Pattillos note, Jeff Gorsuchs lawyer sent a letter threatening a defamation lawsuit arising from the papers coverage. padding-bottom: 5px; } We didnt have to wait long for the first sign of trouble. 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. vertical-align: middle; max-width: 600px; .rcvresults_text { background-color: #db0000; margin-bottom: .75em; Learn more. The deadline for write-in candidates to run in the general election was September 22, 2014. } The Marolt columns disappeared from the Times website on Saturday and took on a contraband cachet on social media. .leg-hnt-section-title { } vertical-align: top; top: -1px; Disney's CEO transition from Bob Iger to Bob Chapek marked a shift from an outspoken, famous CEO with political ambitions, to a largely unfamiliar name whose politics remain a mystery. I didnt know it at the time, but that day Ogden spiked a column about Doronin by Roger Marolt. .inner_percentage, .inner_percentage.Nonpartisan, .inner_percentage.Independent, .inner_percentage.Constitution, .inner_percentage.unknown { var l = '1' TheRickettsfamily, which owns the team through a trust, spent almost $14 million on elections last year. display: none; } $('#emessage64502674ae4c1').html(' through round ' + this.value + ': ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); if (typeof $ != 'undefined') { color: #0645ad;
. Heres Pete explaining how poor people caused the financial crisis: Los Angeles Dodgers:Lead owner Mark Walters financial house, Guggenheim Partners, isunder investigationby the Securities and Exchange Commission over his ties to former junk bond trader MichaelMilken. His current term ends on December 4, 2024. A scorecard evaluates a legislators voting record. } } But in his defense, nothing says dont be evil like lowering theprice of beer. State and local courts | .widget-key { } } font-size: 110%; } display: block; } .widget-img { Very low. font-weight: bold; in $('#emessage64502674ae4c1').empty(); 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. }) display: block; background-color: #6db24f; .mw-body #mw-content-text h5.rcvrace_header { width: 100%; Bob Simpson, Davis co-chair, sold hisfrackinggiantXTOto Exxon Mobil for$41 billion. background-color: #db0000; The Denver Post published a story about my firing on Saturday, June 18. Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update. On a Zoom call with her, I raised my concern about the restrictions and said I couldnt take the job without editorial independence. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Pirates haven't appeared in a postseason game since }. WebSince 1890. border-radius: 6px; 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. A 19-year veteran columnist at the Times and a fifth-generation Aspenite from an old mining and skiing family, Marolt had opposed the 2019 Gorsuch Haus campaign, but the new column was relatively innocuous. width: 100% !important; margin-bottom: 4px; } One thing Larry hasnt done: change that awful logo. Yes, Im a registered Republican, although Ive voted for Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. }) I have blood on my hands, he said with a tortured look on his face. In a town where the developable land is finite and the wealth is seemingly limitless, the sale was big news. .rcvvotebox, h5.rcvrace_header, .rcvresults_text, .rcvresults_table_container, .rcvvotebox_legend { Morenos worst move as an owner was his insistence on giving his team its clunky new, multi-city moniker. width: 35px !important; Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error. 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. Wendy calls Oakland, ME, home. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Community Organizations: .results_row td:first-child { .leg-hnt-hide { width: 100% } Cameron Nutting Williams was the next company representative to talk to me about taking the job. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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. Subscribe today and get a full year of Mother Jones for just $14.95. background-color: #ccc; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim:They say your first billion is always the hardest. font-weight: bold; They did, however, manage to trademark the expression Evil Empire.. } padding-left: 16px; Because the development had required rezoning and had used a taxpayer subsidy, approval had been put to a highly contentious public vote that Gorsuch Haus won by just 26 votes. We assumed the company would support its journalists, that wed report a story about the lawsuit that day, and that wed get back to work. document.getElementById('leg-hnt-content6450267552154').classList.add('leg-hnt-hide'); The families of Dallas investor Bobby Patton ($93,800) and ToddBoehly($169,000) gave big to both Democrats and Republicans. .electionsectionheading { He had left Goldman in 2002, two years after it had acquired his firm, Spear, Leeds & Kelloggand six years before Goldman helped bring down the global economy. $(".expand-all").on('click', () => { .votebox-scroll-container { display: inline-block; .leg-hnt-flex-item { [5], Alan Tibbetts ran unopposed in the Maine House of Representatives District 77 Democratic primary. .results_row td { 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. 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. .widget-row.value-only.black { When visiting, he could often be spotted skiing the black-diamond steeps of Aspen Mountain. } $(document).ready(function(){ a.communitylink { color:black; font-weight:bold; } background-color: #003388; Chicago Cubs:Remember the plan hatched last year by Cubs family patriarch JoeRickettsto defeat the metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln (a.k.a. We must fix our crumbling roads and bridges, and lower taxes so people are not driven out of the state they love. $('#emessage64502674ae4c1').html(' Total : ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); margin-top: 1px; top: 2px; } Locals and elected officials try to beat back the pace of development, but Aspens big money tends to do what it wants. width: 250px; display: inline-block; } Nutting and his wife, Wendy, have three children. display: inline-block; } We're a nonprofit (so it's tax-deductible), and reader support makes up about two-thirds of our budget. Current Yanks owners Hal and Hank havent given anything to candidates. font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5em; Bills are monitored by BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. width: 95% !important; } Jonathan Drake/Reuters. width: 100%; var ex_votes = t - abcde[this.value].votes; (She also launched a super-PAC to supportLGBTcandidates.) height: 22px; Thank you., And at the June 14 Aspen city-council meeting, Councilman Ward Hauenstein called on the good rich people of Aspen to take their newspaper back. 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. }); function defer(){window.jQuery?indicateScroll():setTimeout(function(){defer()},500)}function indicateScroll(){jQuery(".votebox").each(function(e){if(jQuery(".results_table_container").get(e).scrollHeight>580){let o=jQuery(".votebox .indicate_scroll").get(e);jQuery(o).html("Scroll for more ")}})}defer(); Elections for the Maine House of Representatives took place in 2016. State legislature | display: table; District 78 incumbent Robert Nutting was unopposed in the Republican primary. 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. column-rule: 1px solid #aaa; } height: 100%; On top of that, the Mets stadium sold its naming rights to Citigroup in 2006 for $400 million, a few years before the bank had received$45 billion in TARP money. padding-bottom: 3px; } width: 150px;
.contact_entity {font-size: 1.5em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} To get one, go to the subscriptions page. Maine House of Representatives District 66, .infobox { letter-spacing: 0.03em; In Aspen, we have an engaged readership that made a lot of noise when the stewards of its journalism institution abnegated their responsibility, abandoning principles of press freedom in the name of business. overflow-x: scroll; display:inline-block; .inner_percentage.Democratic { p.survey-response {white-space: pre-line;} padding-bottom: 8px; display: inline; Property sales topped $4.6 billion last year, and the average single-family-home price hit $11 million. [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]. }); .votebox { border: 1px solid #999; None listed. So where does your teams ownership rank? flex-direction: column; Pittsburgh Pirates:The Nutting family has had an ownership stake in the Pirates since the mid-90s, and a majority share since 2007. Box 100, Oakland, ME 04963 Contact: (207) 629-7035 Seat Number: 101 House District: 66 Town(s): Oakland / Party 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. State executives | The key to success in Augusta is forming relationships with members of all parties. margin-top: 0px; WebLawrence J. Dolan (born February 8, 1931) is an American retired attorney and the principal owner of the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). color: #6db24f; In 2013, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 5, 2012, to July 10, 2013. ), Read: A secretive hedge fund is gutting newspapers. [14] Democratic candidate George Hite withdrew from the race after the primary. BT50.Widget({ Openness to the public and media is essential to democracy. If it did it here, the company could do it anywhere. .hideResponses { display: none;} var s = "64502674ae4c1"; 00:00:02. font-weight: 300; Charlie and DickMonforthelped run the eponymous Big Ag empire until 1987. .election_results_text { 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. The following list may not be comprehensive. } background-color: #db0000; Very very bad, we learned, when Vladislav Doronin came to town. display: inline-block; And by virtue of being Aspen, we have the eyes of the world on us. padding-bottom: 8px; Barack Obama)? 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.. var x = '%7B%221%22%3A%7B%22votes%22%3A221%7D%7D'; } Then, at 11, Pattillo came to my desk. Scott Stanford is coming here, she said. border-top: 1px solid #aaa; .rcvrace_header.Green { Ogden was beginning settlement discussions with Doronin and, it said, any coverage of him, his suit, or Gorsuch Haus would disrupt those. We dont really have anything to add to that. 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. Then he ended the interview. Though oligarch is not on its face a libelous term, Krause agreed to amend the article to read Russian billionaire instead of Russian oligarch and added an editors note saying, Mr. That is, until Hennepin Countyponiedup $350 million for a new stadium. Can you pitch in a few bucks to help fund Mother Jones' investigative journalism? div.oneoff-scrollbox.regular { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } }) width: 100% } background-color: #f9d334; We at the Times jumped on all of this. 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. .leg-hnt-district-number { /* Show the tooltip text when you mouse over the tooltip container */ 1. So I told the remaining eight people on the editorial team that I was going to accept the editorship and tried to lobby them out of quitting. padding-bottom: 8px; It was clear, he said, that I didnt trust my new bosses. Just eight months earlier, Gorsuch and his partners had bought the plot from the Aspen Skiing Company for just $10 million. .mw-body #mw-content-text .votebox .race_header h3.votebox-header-office-name { document.getElementById('leg-hnt-toggle6450267552154').addEventListener('click', event => { If there is a version of Vladislav Doronin bullying Ogden in Fort Wayne, Indiana, or Sandusky, Ohio, or Lawrence, Kansas, what would stop them? background-color: #6db24f; Help save Aspen by funding the purchase of freedom and truth by buying the Times or funding a new paper where truth, integrity, and honor have a home. (Thus far, none of Aspens many billionaires has heeded the call.). } }else{ $('#selected_round' +s).html("1"); currentSession: false $('#emessage' +s).html(' Total : ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); } Former commissioner (and former Brewers owner) BudSelighad this to say about him in theNew York Times: Mark is quiet, thoughtfulhe has a personality that really fits Milwaukee, even though hes not from here. column-count: auto; His response: You and I might, perhaps, define children differently. As Glass explained, looks can be deceivingAsians are short. width: 100%; 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. WebRobert Nuttingis 65 years old and was born on 10/07/1956. And on March 4, 2022, Doronin bought a piece of it: nearly one acre on the mountains underdeveloped west side, for $76 million. Nutting won re-election to the Maine House of Representatives in 2012. Price as the gift that keeps on giving.. Doronins spokesperson reached out Tuesday morning to The Aspen Times to threaten a lawsuit about the use of the term oligarch which the Times has amended and pointed out that Doronin has publicly denounced Putins invasion.. margin: 0px 10px; padding: 2px 0; Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting Rampant socioeconomic inequality is one of the key causes of piracy. $('.hideResponses').hide(); This was an unusually heavy-handed step for management at a news organization: The staff had assumed we would report our own story, ask questions (like the sale price, which had not been disclosed), and apply the same standard of reporting wed apply to any event. } .leg-hnt-flex-column { .non_result_row div { Kenneth made his fortune by busting the union that served his workforce and replacing union workers with immigrant laborersmany of them undocumented. box-sizing: border-box; .rcvrace_header.Democratic { We seemed to be a safe harbor for small-town journalists. Robert Nutting: Republican Social media accounts: NuttingforHouse.com; facebook.com/BobNutting66 Occupation: Retired pharmacist Education: B.S. background-color: #f9f9f9; rowCount: "25", text-align: left; } She complimented the epic messiness of my desk, and suggested that shed actually flown commercial to Aspen. .external_links_table { width: auto !important; } He was represented by attorneys from the firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, based in Los Angeles. margin-bottom: 0px; .inner_percentage.Republican { position: absolute; padding-left: 0; }, 100); Inexpensive, too! Our paper was profitable, owing largely to real-estate advertising. I guess Im more of an old school Republican. I also received a verbal offer for the open editor job at their paper in Park City, Utah, which came on the heels of a February conversation about becoming editor of the Summit Daily News. .results_row.winner { 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. } font-size: 2em; display: inline-block; Robert.Nutting@legislature.maine.gov P.O. Less than two weeks into the invasion, when Gorsuch flipped a piece of the towns history to a Soviet-born billionaire, the town lit up. We have other responsible news outlets that could cover what happened to me and to the Times. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022. font-size: 12px; padding-left: 10px; } position: relative; 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. overflow-x: auto; we asked ourselves and one another during lunch-hour ski laps and over after-work drinks. } display: block; } .leg-hnt-leadership { Odgen CEO Robert M. Nutting told employees in meetings on Tuesday that they will all retain their positions through the transition. During the last week of April, Krause asked me into his office. } font-size: 90%; .votebox-results-metadata { .rcvrace_header.Republican { 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. borderColor: "#9C9C9C", ArteMoreno made his hawking roadside billboards. font-size: .9em; 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. On April 13, Doronin filed a defamation lawsuit against the Times. A benefit of a citizens legislature is accessibility to state officials. (Krause was unhappy about this, but felt that his hands were tied. top: 2px; } } .votebox_legend { You will receive a FedEx package at your house tomorrow with your final check. var s = "64502674ae4c1"; I was glad to have the business, actually, he told the Boston Globe. font-size: 16px; He has two older siblings, a sister and a brother, who are both retired teachers. Copyright 2023 Mother Jones and the Foundation for National Progress. 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. Nutting (Republican Party) ran for election to the Maine House of Representatives to represent District 66. These days, it is run by Bob Nutting and his brother, Bill, as CEO and vice president, respectively, with their fatherthe elderly and little-seen patriarch G. Ogden Nuttingstill titled publisher, and Bobs 33-year-old daughter, Cameron Nutting Williams, ascendant as chief revenue officer. padding:7px 8px 8px; width: 90%; } left: 0; 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. font-size: 20px; .inner_percentage.Green { } Nuttings contribution to the general collapse of society has been negligible, however. column-gap: 1em; .results_row.winner { After an internet startup, Evil Empire Inc., had attempted to trademark the phrase Baseballs Evil Empire, the Yankees filed an injunction, and the panel of judges agreed. We have been experiencing record-breaking spending and inflation, senseless mandates and regulations which have ruined lives and businesses, policies that will make staying warm in winter or gassing-up the car a serious challenge, and many others.
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