The Portland Business Journal (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Portland Beavers and Timbers owner Merritt Paulson has suspended talks with Beaverton officials that would have eventually built a new stadium in the Portland suburb.
dwightjaynes.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... Take that five bucks a month it would have cost and buy a happy meal. UPDATE: The story is here . Paulson informed the mayor with a letter that read: “It is with sadness that I am writing to inform you of my decision to suspend planning and negotiations with the city on a new stadium. I’ve made this decision for practical, not political reasons. … The practical consideration is that after...
Jack Bog's Blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
An alert reader writes: Obviously [Merritt] Paulson needs a longer season for using PGE Park. And he thinks that "major league" soccer is the perfect fit. Well, here's another league that may be a better fit, that doesn't need a...
Jack Bog's Blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
An alert reader writes: Obviously [Merritt] Paulson needs a longer season for using PGE Park. And he thinks that "major league" soccer is the perfect fit. Well, here's another league that may be a better fit, that doesn't need a special freezing mid-winter schedule, unique field, more porta-potties and all the other expensive remodel items! Maybe its such a good fit that he'll...
dwightjaynes.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... other major city in the world does? Let’s just be Portland. Let’s keep it weird. Besides, that Merritt Paulson guy is a Republican! And he’s from the east coast! And he only wants to contribute about $10 million of his own money to build us a ballpark. Damn, he should be paying for the whole thing! We want free stuff here — it’s the American way! I believe at some point, Paulson...
Jack Bog's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Over the weekend, we noted that the p.r. firm Gallatin Public Affairs had become Portland's new Gard & Gerber, fronting for scoundrels like Merritt Paulson and the police union. In a piece by Nigel Jaquiss in today's WW, the reasons...
dwightjaynes.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
He was the mostly absent guy who owned the Portland Beavers and Timbers for a while prior to selling them to Merritt Paulson. My understanding is that he made a lot of money when he flipped the franchise to Paulson. But it didn’t seem to do him much good. His financial problems have put a LOT [...]
Jack Bog's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Merritt Paulson's spouse, Heather Mahar Paulson, appears to have had her California law license suspended for failure to pay the $125 annual dues for an inactive membership. Her registration status is also listed as "delinquent" in the New York court...
