} $('#selected_round64502674ae4c1').html(this.value); margin-bottom: .75em; Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. overflow-y: auto; But Aspens journalists are also the watchdogs and chroniclers of one of the richest towns in America and a site of extreme economic inequality, the exemplar of the phenomenon that academics call super-gentrification, whereas the locals often saythe billionaires are forcing out the millionaires.. } OK, then, let's see a $100M payroll in position: absolute; His response: You and I might, perhaps, define children differently. As Glass explained, looks can be deceivingAsians are short. height: 50px; Just eight months earlier, Gorsuch and his partners had bought the plot from the Aspen Skiing Company for just $10 million. (Doronin has not been sanctioned and says he has no ties to Putin or Russia.) Bob Nutting padding-left: 10px; .votebox-covid-disclaimer { In the newsroom, we wondered how Ogden had so quickly and thoroughly abandoned the bedrock principle of editorial independence to let powerful forces dictate the terms of our reporting. padding-bottom: 0px; } } Disney's CEO transition from Bob Iger to Bob Chapek marked a shift from an outspoken, famous CEO with political ambitions, to a largely unfamiliar name whose politics remain a mystery. .results_table_container { display: inline-block; It looks like you do not have any active subscriptions. .rcvrace_header.Democratic { He has two older siblings, a sister and a brother, who are both retired teachers. } How to vote | Pirates fans really arent happy with owner Bob Nutting var t = '221'; } } $("#round64502674ae4c1").change(function(){ .key-messages li {margin-bottom: 10px;} Nuttings contribution to the general collapse of society has been negligible, however. After last weeks Pirates conversation in U mad, bro?, he comes out throwing bombs about Pirates owner Bob Nutting. .inner_percentage.Democratic { The families of Dallas investor Bobby Patton ($93,800) and ToddBoehly($169,000) gave big to both Democrats and Republicans. } .percentage_number { font-weight: bold; .image-candidate-thumbnail-wrapper .image-candidate-thumbnail { The signature filing deadline for party candidates wishing to run in this election was March 17, 2014. His farewell column was subtle but pointed: Any ownership change in any business is tough, but Ive been through a few in my nearly 40 years as a newspaper journalist, and Im not up for another one at this point in my career, he wrote. .inner_percentage.Green { To have a job in local journalism, though, is to tolerate some measure of indignity and upheaval. Why? font-weight: 300; Thats happening [here] right now, this minute, as we speak., Less than nine months ago, on that Tuesday after Thanksgiving when we first virtually met Bob Nutting, the Times editorial team consisted of 13 people. margin-bottom: -2px !important; .rcvtooltip { .inner_percentage { margin-right: 12px; } flex-direction: column; left: 0px; color: white; display: inline-block; Current Yanks owners Hal and Hank havent given anything to candidates. Property sales topped $4.6 billion last year, and the average single-family-home price hit $11 million. Among them is this: Aspen had, until very recently, two legitimate daily newspapers, The Aspen Times and the Aspen Daily News. $('#selected_round64502674bd8e0').html(this.value); The filing goes to great lengths to detail how Doronin earned his wealth legitimately, and argues a semantic fine point: Oligarchs are not merely wealthy individuals of Russian origin; they are individuals who have amassed their wealth through the exploitation of Russian natural resources, corrupt direction of Russian state-owned enterprises, and close political affiliation with Vladimir Putin. This description, the suit argues, does not fit Doronin. $('.hideResponses').hide(); Married to Wendy Nutting; three children, five grandchildren. In 2015, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 3, 2014, through July 16, 2015. vertical-align: top; The key to success in Augusta is forming relationships with members of all parties. border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; width: 57%; We start with Brian. } It's us but for your ears. } The Marolt columns disappeared from the Times website on Saturday and took on a contraband cachet on social media. Chicago Cubs:Remember the plan hatched last year by Cubs family patriarch JoeRickettsto defeat the metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln (a.k.a. .mw-content-ltr td.votebox-results-cell--text, Jason Mackey: Persistence of Bob Nutting, Bryan Reynolds pays font-size: .9em; Tampa Bay Rays:Goldman Sachs alum Stuart Sternberg took controlling interest of the club in 2005. $('#emessage'+s).empty(); Robert Nutting, Maine House 66 - CentralMaine.com U.S. President | .widget-row.value-only.white { flex: 0 0 175px; padding-bottom: 8px; .inner_percentage.Democratic { padding-left: 0; } var t = '221'; John Colson, a local newspaperman of more than four decades, opened his March 7 column by placing Aspen among the growing number of worldwide high-end resort communities happily entertaining and enriching peripatetic Russian oligarchs, among its historic roster of immensely wealthy people who come here to play and get a little richer whenever the opportunity presents itself. He then went on to refer to Doronin explicitly as an oligarch. display: inline-block; column-gap: 1em; }else{ in With a Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. Read below the matrix for the full breakdown. Education [ edit] Dolan attended St. Ignatius High School and got his law degree from In 2013, the Maine State Legislature was in session from December 5, 2012, to July 10, 2013. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim:They say your first billion is always the hardest. I guess Im more of an old school Republican. New York Mets:Sterling Equities cofounder Fred Wilpon famously was a major mark for Bernie Madoffs Ponzi scheme: At one time, according toThe New Yorkers Jeffrey Toobin, Madoff had 480 accounts from Sterling employees or clients. $('#emessage'+s).empty(); } vertical-align: middle; font-size: 12px; p.survey-response {white-space: pre-line;} Ogdens brass had now been pursuing me for weeks to replace Krause, and now they were lobbying me in person; I had been told I was their only candidate. We must fix our crumbling roads and bridges, and lower taxes so people are not driven out of the state they love. The Marlins boom-and-bust cycles were already diminishing the teams shaky South Floridafanbasewhen along came theMir-inspiredMarlins Park. margin: 0; The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. } } It is not, however, the cause of Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting being a cheapskate. I was concerned that Doronin would drag out settlement talks for months, or that when one did arrive, Ogden would allow for some kind of gag order on coverage. He told me he was resigning and encouraged me to apply for his job. Kenneth made his fortune by busting the union that served his workforce and replacing union workers with immigrant laborersmany of them undocumented. We could be writing a story every day and running columns every day about this and it would not be enough. Of course, we werent even doing that. Michael Perkins defeated Alan Tibbetts in the Maine House of Representatives District 77 general election. Robert Nutting lives in Oakland, Maine. The results have been certified. display: block; But his long tenure hasnt exactly made the mild-manneredGentleman Davea fan favorite, probably because hes said things like this: I just believe the organization needs an image thats not directly tied to wins and losses. The ownership groups $200,000-plus in 2012 contributions came mostly from pipe-tobacco magnates John and Leigh Middleton. 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. .large-date { text-align: center; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600;} font-weight: bold; div.oneoff-scrollbox.regular { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } color: #888; But the newsroom worried this was an attempt to censor our journalism. margin-top: 0px; ), With the restrictions on Doronin coverage ostensibly lifted, however, I finally signed my offer letter on Wednesday, June 8. background-color: #003388; | margin: 0px 10px; text-align: center; In the end, they decided to give compromise one last shot. 32, which would have kept unions and corporations from using automatic payroll deductions to bankroll political activity, and $200,000 forKarl Roves American Crossroads. rowCount: "25", $('.pastResponses').hide(); letter-spacing: .04em; } font-weight: 500; font-size: 16px; $(".results_table64502674bd8e0").hide(); 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.. His current term ends on December 4, 2024. .votebox-results-cell--check { padding-left: 0; If there is a version of Vladislav Doronin bullying Ogden in Fort Wayne, Indiana, or Sandusky, Ohio, or Lawrence, Kansas, what would stop them? Nutting and his wife, Wendy, have three children. text-align: left !important; max-height: 355px; padding-top: 8px; font-size: 2em; Source. font-weight: 300; Wendy's ethnicity is Caucasian, whose political affiliation is currently a registered Republican; and religious views are listed as Christian. font-size: 5px; width: 50%; } Longtime Kennebec County register of probate to retire in June. Contact our sales team. height: 50px; } It was clear, he said, that I didnt trust my new bosses. font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; } font-size: 20px; text-align: center; .rcvrace_header.Libertarian { position: absolute; Toronto Blue Jays:The Jays are one of only two Major League teams owned entirely by corporations. width: 100%; padding-bottom: 7px; margin-top: 5px; margin: 0; 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. display: inline; } U.S. Congress | 1) Define what success would look like if you are elected to serve your district. .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { } Sign up and get top stories to begin the day delivered to your inbox at 5 a.m. Waterville man arrested after threat to MaineGenerals Thayer Center for Health causes lockdown, One injured after car crashes into Vassalboro home, bursts into flames, Towns challenge new Maine law meant to ease housing crisis. } .widget-row.heading { The Times ran a short staff report, although it had a reporter in the room as always. You will receive a FedEx package at your house tomorrow with your final check. } Maine House of Representatives } There were no incumbents in this race. var x = '%7B%221%22%3A%7B%22votes%22%3A221%7D%7D'; 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. $(document).ready(function(){ overflow: hidden; I know I can re-establish those collegial relationships to pass common sense legislation that helps Mainers. I just believe the organization needs an image thats not directly tied to wins and losses, said Phillies owner David Montgomery. const abcde =JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(x)); Detroit Tigers:Little Caesars founder MikeIlitchcant compete with the teams former pizza-mogul owner, Dominos founder TomMonaghan, who built his ownquasi-theocratic townshipin South Florida. padding-top: 5px; font-size: 12px; In 2012, thePohladclan doled out $644,000 to political causes and candidates, almost all of it to Democrats. vertical-align: top; } .leg-hnt-hide { left: 0; width: 90%; (The Times production editor, the last person to touch the papers files before it goes to bed nightly, ran the story on Sunday and was prepared to get fired for it, appending an odd note at the end: The decision to publish this Denver Post story was entirely at the discretion of production editor Benjamin Welch. He wasnt fired, but he later resigned.) Suppression of news creates disinformation, and Ogden is the gatekeeper for communities in 18 states. We think you are working against us, not for us, and we are going to let you go. He paused. Meanwhile, word of my firing was spreading through town. In 2011 and 2012, he gavemore than $100,000to Republican candidates and committees, including $30,800 to the National Republican Congressional Committee. padding-bottom: 7px; } The day after Hauensteins cri de coeur, the Daily News ran a full story about it. } Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law. margin-top: 0px; There were no incumbents in this race. .election_results_text { The Denver Post published a story about my firing on Saturday, June 18. background-color: red; Nutting ran unopposed in the November 2 general election. Bill Nutting soon made it known I was also his choice to be editor, according to Pattillo. Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error. padding:7px 8px 8px; font-weight: 300; width: 215px !important; Larry Dolan overflow-y: hidden; It came that very first day, when Ogden sent a press release about the change of ownership to David Krause, the editor, and instructed him to run it in the next days paper. var t = '600'; In the days that followed, Ogden introduced our new leadership team. This is a singular American town in many respects. Statista a.communitylink { color:black; font-weight:bold; } These days, it is run by Bob Nutting and his brother, Bill, as CEO and vice president, respectively, with their fatherthe elderly and little-seen patriarch G. Ogden Nuttingstill titled publisher, and Bobs 33-year-old daughter, Cameron Nutting Williams, ascendant as chief revenue officer. On Thanksgiving 2021, the start of ski season, the Times editorial team numbered 13, including four reporters who had been covering our town since at least the 1990s. .clearfix { overflow-x: auto; 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.). .race_header, .results_text, .results_table_container, .votebox_legend { We're a nonprofit (so it's tax-deductible), and reader support makes up about two-thirds of our budget. Federal courts | } padding:7px 8px 8px; TheRickettsfamily, which owns the team through a trust, spent almost $14 million on elections last year. font-size: 1.25em; Less than two weeks into the invasion, when Gorsuch flipped a piece of the towns history to a Soviet-born billionaire, the town lit up. 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]. It was a fifth-generation family-owned-and-operated company, as Nutting told us, and as just about everybody from Ogden repeated at every opportunity after the announcement. .rcvtooltip:hover span { $('.showResponses').show(); tForeground: "#444444",

   .rcvvotebox { His career experience includes working as a pharmacist. Yes, Im a registered Republican, although Ive voted for Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. None listed. We ran corrections regularly when we made factual mistakes, of course. $('#emessage64502674bd8e0').empty();    .votebox_legend .non_result_row { 		text-align: center; The Aspen Times has chosen to  sensationalize a false narrative that targets Mr. Doronin simply because he was born in what is today Russia in order to attack the development of a luxury resort in Aspen, the 17-page court filing reads. [4]        position: relative; How hot is this story? she asked. 		text-align: left; Because the bottom line: Corporations and powerful people with deep pockets will never sustain the type of journalism Mother Jones exists to do. 1. How bad could it be? Houston Astros:Jim Cranes company, Eagle Global Logistics, was forced to pay the federal government more than $4.3 million to settle charges of war profiteering related to contracts in Iraq.        padding-bottom: 0px;    } State and local courts | 	.race_header.republican { 	width: 250px; } }else{ 		background-color: #6db24f; 	} Source. The week of July 4, it was five, including just two full-time reporters. var nTimer = setInterval(function() {  
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        background: #4c4c4c; Before March 2022, if Aspen locals had noticed Vladislav Doronin at all, it was because he was just another of the wealthy men who come to town for a few weeks each winter to ski in designer clothes of questionable utilitarian value and create private-plane traffic jams at the airport. Very low. 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. 	color: black;        width: 100% !important;        padding-left: 8px; Political Oakland Athletics:Lewis Wolff, a real estate magnate and hotel developer, bought the As in 2005 and has talked openly about moving the team more or less ever since.        color: #fff; 		color:white; [3][4] Nutting has received several industry awards and honors and served on the boards of directors of area business groups as well as having formerly been President of the Maine Pharmacy Association.[2]. 	background-color: grey; Minnesota Twins:JimPohlad, a Minneapolis banker, hasnt had much time to prove himself after inheriting the franchise from his late father, Carlwho was infamous for volunteering to kill off the team in exchange for$150 millionfrom Major League Baseball. If it did it here, the company could do it anywhere. 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 bad news is that hes ceding a significant and potentially embarrassing chunk of voters to an anti-vaccine activist. Ilitchand his wife, Marian, gave $184,000 to federal candidates in 2012, mostly to Republicans. One afternoon, a white guy with dreads to his waist was racking a mountain bike on his Jeep when he spotted me, raised a fist, and said, First Amendment, bro.    .rcvrace_header { 	background-color: green; 		border: 1px solid #999; On June 3, Pattillo published a note that finally put the Times on the record about the lawsuit, the settlement, and the censorship, and assured readers that coverage restrictions had been lifted. 		flex: 0 0 150px; Price as the gift that keeps on giving.. 		margin: 5px auto; We have other responsible news outlets that could cover what happened to me and to the Times.        position: absolute; 		font-weight: 200; Profiles of the septuagenarian invariably mention how, when he was starting out, his workdays would start at the crack of dawn (hard work!)        width: 100%; 			event.srcElement.innerText = '[hide]'; State executives |        top: -120px; 	.votebox_bp_logo { if(document.getElementsByClassName("reference").length==0) if(document.getElementById('Footnotes')!==null) document.getElementById('Footnotes').parentNode.style.display = 'none'; .succession-table th, .succession-table tr { 	width: 150px; var s = "64502674bd8e0";