display: block; .leg-hnt-title { 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. .votebox_legend .non_result_row { $(document).ready(function(){ float: right; In the end, they decided to give compromise one last shot. 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.). break-inside: avoid-column; Property sales topped $4.6 billion last year, and the average single-family-home price hit $11 million. clear: both; Now it appears as though we have an out-of-state business that controls the Aspen press, he said. event.srcElement.innerText = '[hide]'; I hoped I could use the apparent trust the company had in me to get them to stop censoring our coverage. Other political expenditures: $50,000 for Prop. Nutting won re-election to the Maine House of Representatives in 2014. .rcvrace_header.Libertarian { margin: 0px 10px; background-color: grey; 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. }) 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. On April 13, Doronin filed a defamation lawsuit against the Times. Committee assignments (if elected):
float:right; .inner_percentage, .inner_percentage.Nonpartisan, .inner_percentage.Independent, .inner_percentage.Constitution, .inner_percentage.unknown { (Prop. 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. } .race_header, .results_text, .results_table_container, .votebox_legend { } text-align: center; var nTimer = setInterval(function() { 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.". San Diego Padres:Last year,Southern California beer distributor Ron Fowlerheaded up an ownership group that included the son and four grandsons of former big-league ownerWalter OMalley, the guy who moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. color: #6db24f; column-gap: 1em; That is, until Hennepin Countyponiedup $350 million for a new stadium. } Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim:They say your first billion is always the hardest. A scorecard evaluates a legislators voting record. Bills are monitored by BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. } .rcvrace_header.Green { State executives | It was clear, he said, that I didnt trust my new bosses. .results_table { Tampa Bay Rays:Goldman Sachs alum Stuart Sternberg took controlling interest of the club in 2005. .widget-key { 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. color: #6db24f; .votebox-results-metadata { .non_result_row { padding-bottom: 3px; line-height: 1.5em; The families of Dallas investor Bobby Patton ($93,800) and ToddBoehly($169,000) gave big to both Democrats and Republicans. } Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. letter-spacing: .03em; font-weight: bold; } $('.showResponses').on('click', () => { Nutting and his wife, Wendy, have three children. } const abcde =JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(x)); background-color: #6db24f; position: absolute; SLKwas no angel either. apiKey: "96B21126-2E98-49FB-B21F-619C471959AD", width: 100% His career experience includes working as a pharmacist. padding-bottom: 8px; } During that election cycle, Nutting raised a total of $11,560. (He eventually settled for half that.) [6][7], Elections for the Maine House of Representatives took place in 2014. But at least they arent a hedge fund, I thought. }); The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Robert Nutting in round 1 . } .votebox_bp_logo { Locals and elected officials try to beat back the pace of development, but Aspens big money tends to do what it wants. } color:white; margin: auto; 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.. ul.key-messages {list-style-type: none; margin-left:10px; } WebRobert Nutting (born 1947) is a Republican politician from Maine who served six terms in the Maine House of Representatives. margin-top: 1em; And then the pressure campaign began. padding-left: 8px; } OK, then, let's see a $100M payroll in Chairman of the board: Bob Nutting. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? } rowCount: "25", Dont look now, but anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr ., is polling close to 20 percent in some Democratic primary surveys. } else { Carroll, who had been openly talking about quitting and taking his Doronin reporting elsewhere, stepped in as interim editor. Washington Nationals:Nobody tells Ted Lerner what to do, former business magazine publisher Bill Regardie told theWashington Post. .widget-row.Independent, .widget-row.Nonpartisan, .widget-row.Constitution { background-color:white !important; Nutting ran unopposed in the November 2 general election. The Nutting family is one of the most influential business families. } We think you are working against us, not for us, and we are going to let you go. He paused. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. Robert Nutting: Republican Social media accounts: NuttingforHouse.com; facebook.com/BobNutting66 Occupation: Retired pharmacist Education: B.S. left: 0; left: 0; Oakland Town Council, current member; Oakland Lions Club, past president. And on March 4, 2022, Doronin bought a piece of it: nearly one acre on the mountains underdeveloped west side, for $76 million. 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. .votebox-results-metadata { .inner_percentage.CrossFiled { .leg-hnt-flex-row { } 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. Family status: max-width: 600px; background-color: #f9d334; 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]. font-size: 12px; Staunch Republicans, theMorenosgave $100,000 to the Romney Victory Fund in 2012. } Maine House of Representatives District 78, Maine House of Representatives District 77, Maine House of Representatives elections, 2022. complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. $('.showResponses').show(); Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. background-color: #db0000; font-size: 12px; } width: 100% If it is suppressing news stories in other cities and firing editors for attempting to be transparent with the public, nobody would know. } Personal information (hobbies, etc. Then she asked me about Doronin. (Two of the 5 answers appear to be serious, by the way. You will receive a FedEx package at your house tomorrow with your final check. Ballotpedia features 408,488 encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers. How hot is this story? she asked. They have three children and five grandchildren. var ex_votes = t - abcde[this.value].votes; Attanasio didnt give to any candidates in 2012, but his co-owners chipped in about $1 million. In the last 30 years, no one has told this man to do anything. One of the things Nationals owner Lerner hasnt done, whether told to or not, was to pay for a doctor or certified athletic trainer at the teams Dominican academy, even after teen prospectYewri Guilln died of a brain infectionin 2011. $('#emessage'+s).empty(); }else if (this.value > 1){ Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislators political positions. Philadelphia Phillies:David Montgomery worked his way up through the ranks in the Phillies organization, even working as the teamsscoreboard operatorin the early 70s. Stanford was already seated at the table, laptop open. var x = '%7B%221%22%3A%7B%22votes%22%3A221%7D%7D'; } } I told her there was no bigger story in Aspen right now. 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. top: 0px; z-index:1; Last year, Perry and co-owner Robert Glaser gave six figures to Republican and Democratic super-PACs, respectively. Inexpensive, too! in Pharmacy. border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; display: inline-block; The candidate filing deadline was March 15, 2016. Colorado Rockies:From the family that brought youfactory farms andcoked-upcattle! border: 1px solid #999; Later, he worked as a political campaign adviser to Democrat Robert F. Kennedy, the younger brother of late President John F. Kennedy and a New York senator and former U.S. attorney general. position:absolute; width: 500, letter-spacing: .03em; margin-right: 10px; I first saw Bob Nuttings grinning face in a Zoom square on the morning of Tuesday, November 30, 2021, when I was summoned to a surprise all-company meeting for Swift, which operated The Aspen Times and its sister papers across ski country. in After the case was resolved, the Times deleted a letter to the editor calling Doronin a big fish in Putins polluted sea from the website, and removed references to him being an oligarch from various pieces. 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!!!" .inner_percentage.Libertarian { 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. The seller was a business entity led by Jeff Gorsuch, a former U.S. ski team downhill racer, a proprietor of a small chain of high-end retail ski shops, and a cousin of Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch. .inner_percentage.Green { All Rights Reserved. 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. It is not, however, the cause of Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting being a cheapskate. To see all bills sponsored by this person, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table. Previously cities included Burke VA and Springfield VA. Robert W Nutting are some of the alias or nicknames that Robert .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper .image-candidate-thumbnail { The most offensive thing about this ownership group was probablyThe Magic Hour. font-size: 5px; } His response: You and I might, perhaps, define children differently. As Glass explained, looks can be deceivingAsians are short. District 78 incumbent Robert Nutting was unopposed in the Republican primary. margin-top: 0px; .non_result_row th { var t = '221'; font-size: 20px; } $('.collapse').collapse('show'); Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, "Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library", "Nutting overbilled state in pharmacy dispute", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Nutting_(politician)&oldid=1126362237, Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives, Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 8 December 2022, at 23:30. } Walter and co-owner Magic Johnson (yes, him) teamed up to give six figures to the Obama Victory Fund. without making any discernible investment, the worst baseball owner of his generation, Southern California beer distributor Ron Fowler. }); .votebox { He runs afour-star resortin Pennsylvania* and achain of small newspapers. $('#emessage' +s).html(' Total : ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); And we hope you might consider pitching in before moving on to whatever it is you're about to do next. }); Instead, Ogden wrote its own story about acquiring the paper, and ran it with Krauses byline on it. clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding:7px 8px 8px; Meanwhile, word of my firing was spreading through town. background-color: #003388; margin: 0px 10px; The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Robert Nutting did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey. overflow: hidden; Then he ended the interview. width: 90%; .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper { In all likelihood, she said, the suit would be officially dismissed in about five days. Two hours later, I walked into the Times conference room, Aspen Mountain framed in the window before me. | padding-bottom: 3px; } But there are probably worse ways to make your money than what Slates Matt Yglesias calls a scam where one class of rich people rips off another class of rich people. When minority partner Phillip Morse (who founded a medical device company) chartered his private jet to the CIA, he never expected that it might end up being used for something nefariouslike the rendition of terror suspects to countries with less humane methods of interrogation. We ran corrections regularly when we made factual mistakes, of course. } font-weight: 300; } At 1:22 p.m. on May 25, Allison Pattillo wrote to the staff with what initially seemed like good news: The settlement was signed. height: 56px; .external_links_table { width: auto !important; } She had turned in a full story about Hauensteins speech, but Pattillo and Stanford had edited it down to a few paragraphs. The billionaires who ran our paper had capitulated to the billionaires who ran our town, and we couldnt do anything about it. Get your things and leave the premises immediately. He re-joined the House after a two-year absence in 2008 and was elected speaker by the incoming Republican majority following the 2010 election, becoming the first Republican Maine House Speaker since 1974. .results_text { width: 100%; We're a nonprofit (so it's tax-deductible), and reader support makes up about two-thirds of our budget. 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. padding-bottom: 5px; Throughout that time, the company has been committed to excellence in journalism display: table; In their blissful marital life, the Nutting couple has welcomed three kids, all girls. .percentage_number { His current term ends on December 4, 2024. To have a job in local journalism, though, is to tolerate some measure of indignity and upheaval. .results_table_container { .leg-hnt-district-number { letter-spacing: .04em; } .votebox_legend .non_result_row { Michael Perkins defeated Alan Tibbetts in the Maine House of Representatives District 77 general election. Managing editor Rick Carroll began digging into Doronins Russian assets and his background as a developer, wading through public documents and questioning Doronins representatives. 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. } if (this.value == '1'){ color: white; $(window).unload(function(){$("#round64502674ae4c1").val($("#round64502674ae4c1").children('option').length).change(); But his biggest crime may have been shutting down the upper deck of the mostly-empty O.co Coliseum, which had become a refuge for fans wishing to smoke pot during the middle innings. 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. The terms of the agreement would remain confidential. } WebWendy Nutting was born on 06/14/1948 and is 74 years old. font-size:0.68em; B.S. Instead, Ogden officials ordered us to cease writing about anything remotely related to the lawsuit. 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. Nutting married Wendy Libby in 1968. display: inline-block; padding-left: 0; Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law. } [16], Robert Nutting raised $6,147 for his campaign.[17]. }); background-color: #003388; How a Soviet-born developer and a West Virginia billionaire destroyed a 141-year-old Colorado newspaper, Here in Aspen, the air is thin, the snow is perfect, and money is everywhere. padding: 2px; vertical-align: middle; background-color: #f4f4f4; var l = '1' I have blood on my hands, he said with a tortured look on his face. You may know minority owner Wayne Perry as the president of the Boy Scouts of America,which is still weighingwhether it should keep discriminating against gay children. height: 100%; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; var t = '600'; Built last year with $474 million in public financing, the deal, which will end up costing Miami-Dade County$1.1 billion, has madeLoriathesecond least popular personin South Florida (behind Fidel Castro), according to one 2012 poll. Nuffsaid. word-wrap: break-word; $('#emessage64502674ae4c1').html(' Total : ' + ex_votes.toLocaleString()); } In a town where the developable land is finite and the wealth is seemingly limitless, the sale was big news. display: inline; .widget-img { They dont have global power brokers breezing in for conferences. .mw-body #mw-content-text .rcvvotebox h3.votebox-header-office-name { max-height: 580px; Cleveland Indians:The worst thing about lawyer Larry Dolan is actually his nephew, James, the widely derided owner of the New York Knicks. Net worth: $1.1 billion (2020) Purchase price: $92 million (1996) Fast facts: Johnson, a Yale graduate, is one of the largest $('.showResponses').hide(); State legislature | var ex_votes = t - abcde[this.value].votes; 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.