Seattle's Sports Savior is Back on the Case

Personally I want the Sonics gone. Their new owners are greedy bigots and we can do without them. I want absolute every single professional sports team and the greedy multimillionaires that own them that has the audacity to ask for a corporate welfare handout from the hardworking taxpayers of Washington State.

The era of corporate welfare for sports is over.

If you actually believe in the free market and American capitalism than the idea of getting a city, state or county government in the business of corporate welfare for frivolous sports.

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

@8, my point is that Slade is NOT working for the Sonics' ownership. If the Mariners' experience is any indication, Slade will be looking to broker a deal to put the team under local ownership (David Sabey), who ideally will be more willing to compromise and fund any new arena (if that's what it comes to) with a greater % of private money.

In short, this is a good thing.

Well in the 2007 legislative session the Sonics wanted the Washington State House and Senate pass a corporate welfare bill for them and build a new stadium in Renton because the one in Seattle didn't have enough skyboxes for rich people.

Every person in the state has a say in it since they wanted it to come out the state's pocket book.

There is no justification to tax the citizenry and then waste their money on some Ponzi-scheme to build a sports stadium. Just ask the State Auditor Brian Sontag.

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

@5, um, professional sports are by their definition corporate. Not sure where you got the welfare bit.

Slade Gorton is going to work on behalf of the city, not Clay Bennett, so stop freaking out. He's ostensibly on the side of average Seattleites, and will likely try to a.) keep the Sonics from breaking their existing lease and b.) brokering a sale to local ownership (more willing to compromise).

Also, don't you live in Bremerton? It's not like you'd be footing any tax bill.

Currently now that the gavels of the US House, US Senate, Washington State House and the Washington State Senate are firmly in the hands of Democrats with controlling majority of all four houses. His decades of hording republican and corporate power means jack and squat on capitol hill. I am just glad that he is going to hopefully live long enough.

Compared to the long tenures of Senators Jackson, Magnuson and the going to be long tenures of Senators Cantwell and Murray. Skeletor Slade's time in DC is more a political fluke. A brief historical anomaly back with a republican actually had a shot in hell at winning in a state wide election.

I love that Professional Sports and Corporate Welfare have merged in to complete synonyms. I am damn glad I did my part to stop the corporate welfare check for NASCAR in Olympia and I am going to make damn sure that my Legislators do everything possible to stop the corporate welfare check that the millionaires that own the Sonics are asking for.

Let's All Give Money to the Rich Man! by Peter Bagge

http://www.reason.com/news/show/120368.html

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

We want to use older photos of Slade when he was in his prime so Clay Bennett and David Stern more scared of him.

Viva Senator Skeletor!!!!

Waah, waaah, Jake. We're not talking about Slade Gorton's influence regarding healthcare or the environment. We're talking about his influence in the world of pro sports.

You mentioned his "whoring" himself out to corporate interests -- don't you think that sort of implies influence within the corporate sphere? You don't serve multiple terms in the Senate and become a partner at KL Gates without attaining some sort of influence.

First of all I have a paper from the day that Richard Nixon left the Whitehouse that I got at a garage sale. It mentioned then Washington state Attorney General SLADE GORDON back in 1974 three years before I was born.

He also is a part of the super rightwing science hating Discovery Institute

That is a way old photo of the guy.

If he's Skeletor then who's He-Man? Orco? Man-E-Faces? Stinkor? Help me out here

Old Skeletor Gorton has opposed every single national and local environmental protection law. What the hell do you mean he gets what he wants? Patty Murray kicked his ass and then Slade Gorton wanted to put his stooge Mike! McGavick in the senate and we kicked his ass and re-reelected Maria Cantwell.

Skeletor has zip influence in Washington DC in congress right now. I can’t think of any single politician that has done more to whore themselves to anti-environmental corporate interests as Skeletor Slade.

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com