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July 24, 2006

Westneat On The Storm

Seattle Times columnist (and Pike Place Politics reader) Danny Westneat had a piece in yesterday's paper ("To Sonics: How to win us over") that does a great job of walking through Seattle's ambivalent feelings toward keeping the Sonics. It closes with this little gem:

As a Republican, [New Sonics Owner Clay] Bennett no doubt believes that less is more when it comes to government. Well, as far as tapping the treasury to pay for private sports arenas, that's what liberal Seattle thinks, too!

So I'm seeing a trailblazing odd couple. The red-state Okies and blue-state Mossbacks, arm in arm, building a sports arena with little to no tax dollars. Trying to earn a profit the old-fashioned way. You know, by actually earning it.

Or probably not. If this doesn't work out, maybe Bennett could do us just one little favor on his way out of town.

In droves people e-mailed to tell me there's a team here that does play hard. That you can still see for cheap. That isn't obsessed with corporate suites.

It kind of reminds some folks of those '70s Sonics.

Mr. Bennett, you may well ride off with our Sonics. But could you leave us the Storm?

Amen.

UPDATE, December 31, 2006: One or more of the original hyperlinks on this page expired, and has been dereferenced. The hyperlinked text is now underlined.

Posted by Gavin Shearer at July 24, 2006 3:52 PM. Posted to Politics | Seattle Storm.

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