http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/field_of_schemes_clarification_and_more Last week, I published a story that raised questions about the public agency that oversees Safeco Field, the Mariners Public Facilities District, or PFD. Without a competitive public bid the PFD awarded a $100,000 consulting contract to Pat Fearey of The Fearey Group. (It's worth noting that the chair of the PFD, Jose Gaitan and Pat Fearey are both members of the Community Development Roundtable—a private luncheon group of CEOs, consultants, lawyers, developers, media—that meets every Monday at the Washington Athletic Club downtown. Pat Fearey is the president of the group.) In my article, I pointed out that all Washington... Copyright 2008 Thu, 17 May 2007 14:49:59 -0800 Sun, 20 May 2007 13:22:09 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Personally, I think the public is very competitive, but perhaps you didn't intend for that errant comma to be placed where it was.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/field_of_schemes_clarification_and_more#c719265 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/field_of_schemes_clarification_and_more#c719265 News Thu, 17 May 2007 15:51:50 -0800 Let's see the $100,000 contract. Post it.

]]> A reader request http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/field_of_schemes_clarification_and_more#c719342 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/field_of_schemes_clarification_and_more#c719342 News Thu, 17 May 2007 17:14:07 -0800 @2,
I have a hard copy, not an electronic version.
Scanning it would be a nightmare.

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/field_of_schemes_clarification_and_more#c719345 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/field_of_schemes_clarification_and_more#c719345 News Thu, 17 May 2007 17:32:39 -0800 The PFD is a bunch of rich bankers who protect the financial interests of the stadiums. Didn't the stadiums plop themselves in the middle of an existing community? Last I heard, Pioneer Square was still trying to cope with two massive examples of corporate welfare that gobble up views, parking spots and traffic lanes. Yum!

]]> Dolores http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/field_of_schemes_clarification_and_more#c719439 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/field_of_schemes_clarification_and_more#c719439 News Thu, 17 May 2007 21:31:38 -0800 It's good you corrected your error although you should run a real correction in the paper, in all fairness - most papers do when their story is wrong. The questions you raised are important but, again, if you'd fully reported the story in the first place, you could have legitimately raised those questions, giving your story a fresh and deserving angle.

]]> Bill Bigguy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/field_of_schemes_clarification_and_more#c721678 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/field_of_schemes_clarification_and_more#c721678 News Sun, 20 May 2007 13:22:09 -0800