Slog - Comments on Sonics get more soapbox time in Olympia http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/sonics_get_more_soap_box_time_in_olympia The Sonics' Lenny Wilkens, and perhaps others, have been granted 30 minutes of stump time before State Sen. Margarita Prentice's friendly Ways and Means committee today at 1:30 pm. Prentice, who refuses to return my calls, is a big Sonics booster. Last year, her detractors say, she stacked hearings with other team-boosters during debates over increased public funding for the arena. Personal to the Senator: What will it take to get a call back? Chocolates? Flowers? I will take you to a game when Iverson's in town. Please?!... Copyright 2008 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:32:40 -0800 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:13:04 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by him You need to have a professional sports team. Maybe you can say that you're looking into bringing an American Thumbwrestling team to the area, and need some stadium money.

]]> him http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/sonics_get_more_soap_box_time_in_olympia#c592141 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/sonics_get_more_soap_box_time_in_olympia#c592141 News Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:41:50 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle You also have to rely on taxpayer subsidies.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/sonics_get_more_soap_box_time_in_olympia#c592161 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/sonics_get_more_soap_box_time_in_olympia#c592161 News Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:57:00 -0800 Comment by J.R. Um, wasn't Sen. Prentice on your list of people a few weeks back whose 15 minutes were up? Maybe you should have waited until after the session to publicly insult her on your news pages.

]]> J.R. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/sonics_get_more_soap_box_time_in_olympia#c592193 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/sonics_get_more_soap_box_time_in_olympia#c592193 News Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:16:13 -0800 Comment by Mr. X Oh, it's never to early to insult Sen. Margarita "All Sonics subsidies - all the time" Prentice.

That said, I'd venture to say that stating that her 15 minutes were up was probably a bit premature.

]]> Mr. X http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/sonics_get_more_soap_box_time_in_olympia#c592241 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/sonics_get_more_soap_box_time_in_olympia#c592241 News Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:52:29 -0800 Comment by Laurence Ballard For all of state Sen. Prentice's talk of support for unionism and being a "new deal democrat," here's one member of no less than three unions who wishes to hell these same wealthy team owners occupying our tax-funded sports palaces would condescend to hire union talent to hawk and sell their perspective teams to ticket-holders.

Back to you, Margarita.

]]> Laurence Ballard http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/sonics_get_more_soap_box_time_in_olympia#c592265 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/sonics_get_more_soap_box_time_in_olympia#c592265 News Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:13:04 -0800