Written by Depositions and email about the Sonics arena give increasing insight. This article explains why we never got a clear indication of how much the Sonics would spend, or how much they expected Renton to spend. Clay Bennett did not want anyone to know…
“The city’s attorneys continually pounded away in the pretrial interviews about how Bennett never indicated how much money his group would contribute to a proposed $500 million Renton arena, thus making it difficult for Seattle politicians and residents to get behind the plan.
After a Seattle P-I reporter sought comment from Bennett over how much money his Professional Basketball Club would commit to the project, Bennett e-mailed Gooden, “Please stay WAY AWAY from talking about our investment in the building.”
Here is the story in today’s Seattle PI.
Emails about mayor KK & Sen. Margarita??????
Seeing the disrespect for the NW, wouldn’t it be fascinating to see the emails our dear Clay wrote about dealings with the guillable, “let me into your good-ole-boys-network so I belong….” mayor KK & Sentr. Margarita?
Surely there would be disdain at how dumb these NW folks are to believe if the contribute $500 MIL, they get to keep the Sonics.
How embarrassing for Renton.