Slog - Comments on Foul Ball http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/foul_ball Two months ago, I fretted over a $100,000 contract that the public agency overseeing Safeco Field handed over to a private lunch buddy of the agency's board director. The director: Jose Gaitan The buddy: Consultant Pat Fearey Well, the agency's board, the Mariners Public Facilities District, met yesterday and re-upped Fearey's contract and handed out a few others too including one to Dwight Pelz's sister, Janet Pelz, and a contract to K&L Gates. I've looked at Fearey's receipts for her first four month contract and it seems to me she didn't do a whole hell of a lot—at least not... Copyright 2008 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:12:52 -0800 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:21:39 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Garrett The Stranger usually has charming, tragic-comic, artsy, pseudo-non-political covers on the print edition. Perhaps they should reflect Slog moreso-
say a picture of legal documents, or excel spreadsheets, or a married couple torturing their children. I agree wholeheartedly, Josh, what is up with a public agency handing out giant lobbying and consultant contracts when it’s entire budget is only about $80,000?

]]> Garrett http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/foul_ball#c740457 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/foul_ball#c740457 News Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:21:37 -0800 Comment by aplop You should see the number of six-figure consultant contracts ST hands out to its friends like candy. Those cowboys took in $330 million in taxes last year alone - they can't spend the money on lawyers and PR teams fast enough.

Whatever the PDA does is small-fry stuff.

]]> aplop http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/foul_ball#c740458 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/foul_ball#c740458 News Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:25:05 -0800 Comment by Gomez Gotta love aristocracy!

...

Ah, to live a life where you can earn $20K in a month for doing next to nothing....

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/foul_ball#c740619 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/foul_ball#c740619 News Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:32:47 -0800 Comment by Stuart Jenner This is an interesting story because if the checks and balances aren't there on this spending, they may not be in place on other organizations as well where the same people are involved.

]]> Stuart Jenner http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/foul_ball#c741475 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/foul_ball#c741475 News Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:01:42 -0800 Comment by whatever Josh please look into the money ST is spending on PR consultants and advertising.

]]> whatever http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/foul_ball#c741818 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/foul_ball#c741818 News Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:10:18 -0800 Comment by realist whatever: look it up yourself. Josh isn't going to do that for you. He's got to work in this town. Get real.

]]> realist http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/foul_ball#c741889 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/foul_ball#c741889 News Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:46:02 -0800 Comment by nom de slog The contracts are identified here.

www.soundtransit.org/Documents/pdf/working/contracts/ContractsAwarded.pdf

It's all above-board.

]]> nom de slog http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/foul_ball#c741903 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/foul_ball#c741903 News Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:21:39 -0800