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8-3: Record Marty Schottenheimer posted in the
last 11 games of the 2001 season, his frst as head
coach of the Washington Redskins. Snyder fred
him anyway.

$10: Amount Snyder charged fans for admission
to the teams workouts during the 2000 train-
ing camp at Redskins Park in Ashburn. He also
charged another $10 to park, thereby becoming
the frst owner in NFL history to use team prac-
tice as a gouging mechanism.

$20: Price Snyder affxed to
Redskins Mania, the frst
Redskins scratch lottery
ticket in 2009, making it as
expensive as any scratcher
ever offered by the Vir-
ginia Lottery. The campaign
fopped.

$25: Price Snyder charged for
a special group of standing-
room-only tickets at FedEx-
Field in 2008. The cheap
tickets were linked to the
high-priced suites; lobbying
watchdogs said Snyder was
merely attempting to skirt
congressional gift limits.
Damning evidence: A team brochure for instruct-
ing ticket sales personnel to explain lobbying
loopholes to suite customers. Snyder denied the
charge. SRO tickets now sell for $152.50, with no
mention of lobbying in
the sales pitch.
$30: Pr i c e Snyde r
charges for a doll of
Fox Sports Cleatus the
Robot in Redskins col-
ors. Same doll is avail-
able on Foxs website for
$23.96.
31-36: Record Joe Gibbs
had as coach with Dan
Snyder as owner; Gibbs went 140-65 without
Snyder as owner.

700 Pages: Length of the playbook brought
to Redskins Park in 2006 by Al Saunders, who
Snyder hired to call plays for Gibbs. In pre-
Snyder era, Gibbs comparatively simple offensive
schemes revolutionized the game and brought the
Redskins three Super Bowls.
A Long Time: Thirteen weeks, in Snyder-
speak. During training camp in 2000, ESPN
asked Snyder how long Norv Turner, who had just
coached the Redskins to an NFC East title, would
be in his employ. A long time, Snyder said. He
fred Turner with three games left in the season,
despite the Redskins winning record.

American Enterprise Institute: Conservative
thinktank that summed up Snyders football
operation as a leading exemplar of this ten-
dency toward irrationality in a 2006 report.
Kevin Hassett, director of economic policy stud-
ies at AEI, cited Snyder for running a seriously
mismanaged operation. I used the Redskins
because theyre the most frightening example
of a team that hadnt thought through the simple
economics of pro football, Hassett said at the
time. The problems of running a pro football
team are right out of the textbooks: With the
salary cap, everybodys got the same amount of
money to spend, so lets see what youre going to
do with your money. The big signing is counter
to the economics of pro football. Over time,
[Snyder is] spending the same amount of money
as everybody else, but hes spending it irratio-
nally. I think theyre years away from correcting
the mistakes theyve made.

Andyman: Fake name widely believed to be used
by top Redskins offcials to post anti-media rants
on fan message boards. In 2005, Washington City
Paper reported that Karl Swanson, Snyders long-
time PR chief, had registered on sportsjournalists.
com, a website where Andyman often sniped at
The Washington Post. Andyman, which could be
Pig Latin for Danny M (Snyders frst name, mid-
dle initial) all but disappeared after the report.

Bankrupt Airline Peanuts:
What Snyder was selling to
fans at FedExField. During the
2006 season, vendors offered
shelled nuts in royal blue and
white 5 oz. bags adorned with
the Independence Air logo.
Problem: The airline had gone
under about a year earlier. The
supplier told Washington City
Paper that it stopped shipping
the airlines nuts before Independence Air went
out of business. A spokesman for the Peanut
Council told City Paper that to prevent rancidity,
the recommended shelf life of a foil bag of out-of-
shell peanuts was about three months.
Casserly, Charley: Redskins general man-
ager who played a lead role in assembling the
1991 Super Bowl championship team. Snyder
fred him in 1999 to clear space for Vinny Cer-
rato, who played lead role in 1994 feature flm
Kindergarten Ninja.

Confict of Interest: What Snyder created by
employing members of the D.C. media to work
for Redskins Broadcast Network, wholly owned
by the team. Among the many journalists who
worked for Snyder while also reporting on his
Redskins for major news outlets: George Michael,
Michael Wilbon, Dan Hellie, Wally Bruckner,
Andy Pollin, Lindsay Czarniak, Brett Haber.

Dan-Jazeera: How Al Koken, a former employee
of Snyder-owned sports station WTEM,
describes the Redskins owners media operation.

Dumb and Dumber: Nickname fans gave Snyder
and longtime racquetball/Six Flags investment
partner Vinny Cerrato in 2009 season.

Diageo: Worlds largest liquor company and a
business partner of Snyders. They paired up in a
massive 2002 sponsorship deal that placed liquor
Weve been told a New Dan Snyder walks among us.
Redskins Mania
scratch lotery ticket
Cleatus the Robot,
Redskins ediion
The line thats been in heavy rotation out of Redskins Park (and Snyders wholly-
owned media empire) all season holds that hes letting football people run the foot-
ball team. His wife, Tanya Snyder, is out selling the transformation, too. Last week
she went on local TV to tell an interviewer that he is now surrounded by better
people, and that hes grown and hes evolved.
Well, maybe his wife can fnd evidence of Snyders growth and evolution. I cant.
Sure, some names have changedJeff George and Bruce Smith are now Donovan
McNabb and Albert Haynesworthbut the ages and the bonuses have a familiar
ring. So do the results: The epic humiliation of the Redskins on national television
Monday night, coming mere hours after McNabb signed a mega-publicized deal
with a dubious dollar value, recalls so many pages in the old Snyders scrapbook.
So before we welcome the New Dan Snyder, lets look back at the one we know. Thats
the Dan Snyder who left his mark, or stain, on more than just a football team. Thats the
Dan Snyder who got caught forging names as a telemarketer with Snyder Communications,
made a great view of the Potomac River for himself by going all Agent Orange on federally
protected lands, and lost over $121 million of Bill Gates money while selling an offcial
mattress while in charge of Six Flags. Thats the Dan Snyder Ive found to be the most
fascinating and consistent man on the planet, responsible for the hilarious and/or heinous
deeds outlined in the following pages.
If hes really gone, Im gonna miss that guy. Dave McKenna
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advertising inside FedExField in the sight lines of net-
work cameras, as well as local TV commercials during
Redskins games. George Hacker of the Alcohol Policies
Project, a program of the Center for Science in the Public
Interest, was among the anti-drinking advocates who
called the pact an attempted end-run by Snyder and Dia-
geo around longstanding prohibitions on booze advertis-
ing. Airing ads for Smirnoff Ice and Captain Morgans
Gold during Redskin telecasts trumpets liquor brands
and enables Diageo to sidestep the networks voluntary
ban on hard liquor ads, Hacker wrote. Snyder and Dia-
geo remain partners.

Emulate Charlie Chan: What
Asian actors trying out for a mas-
cot job as Snyder-run Six Flags
were allegedly told during 2008
auditions. After the 2006 fring
of Mr. Six, the longtime mascot
Snyder deemed creepy, the
theme park chains marketing
team hired a Japanese actor to
scream More fags! More fun! in a vaguely Asian
accent in TV commercials. The Chicago chapter of the
Japanese American Citizens League, which publicized
the Charlie Chan angle, was among
the advocacy groups critical of the
effort. The campaign was canceled
very shortly after its debut.

Entertainment Tax: Ten percent fee
Prince Georges County collects as
part of the deal that put the stadium
there. The fee, like all assorted tariffs,
had historically been included in the
ticket price. After buying the Red-
skins, Snyder removed those charges
from the printed price, moving them
to the invoice. The move coincided
with the biggest ticket price hike in
team history. The biggest losers in
Snyders removal of fees were street
sellers, since face value of a ticket
was no longer its actual retail price.

Ewwwww!: How Barbara Hyde,
spokeswoman for the American
Society for Microbiology, reacted to
last years news that Snyders ven-
dors were selling beer in the bath-
rooms. Fans had been alleging that
the Redskins were hawking lager
in the loo long before a YouTube
video surfaced in October 2009. Hyde said that because
microbiological bad actors like E. coli hang out in the
mens room, beer vendors shouldnt.

Fan Appreciation Day: Gimmick used in 2006 by Sny-
der to draw people to FedExField, where he charged
$25 to park to watch the team scrimmage and hear an
address from Vinny Cerrato. The parking charge was
not mentioned in the advertisements the team produced
for the event.

Flat-Screen TV: What Snyder said hed deliver to Laver-
anues Coles in the 2005 preseason. The gift was part of a
threat from the owner to keep the receiver out of football
if he didnt agree to give up a $5 million bonus called for
by his contract so that Snyder could trade him. He said he
would send a fat-screen television to my home because Id
be better off watching the games there, Coles told Sports
Illustrated in 2005. That was his way of saying Id be sit-
ting for the next couple years until they cut me.

Gates, Bill: Formerly worlds
richest man. But hes not as rich
as he would be had he not done
business with Snyder. One of Six
Flags biggest stockholders, Gates
had 10,210,600 shares worth about
$122 million in early 2006, when
Snyder began putting his market-
ing team in place. They were worth
$0zilch, zip, nadaby the time
Snyder was tossed off the board
last year. Bill Gates gives away more money than any-
body, and his main cause is malaria, said a representative
of Resilient Capital Management, a hedge fund and Six
Flags investor, which sued to have Snyder removed from
the company for fduciary irresponsibility. That was
money that could have gone to save kids from malaria.

George, Jeff: Quarterback and one of many Snyder-era
free agent busts. Snyder brought George to D.C. on
the advice of friend and former Redskins star Sonny
Jurgensen. Terry Bradshaw pooh-poohed the George
signing on the FOX pregame show: Both Jurgensen
and George have one thing in commontheyve never
won anything, said the four-time Super Bowl winner.
Guest House: Dwelling on Snyders Potomac estate
where prospective employees stay overnight during job
interviews.

Helicopter: Favored method of transportation Snyder
used to drop into Redskins practices in 1999 in Frost-
burg, Md., after taking control of the team.

Herzog, Frank: Beloved former Redskins
play-by-play announcer. Herzog was best
known for signature call, Touchdown,
Washington Redskins! He was replaced
in Snyders Redskins Broadcasting booth
in 2004 by Larry Michael, best known for
saying Brought to you by Subway! If you
love bacon come into Subway! Eat fresh!

Hill, Pat: Down-on-her-luck 73-year-old
grandmotherand fve-decade Redskins
season-ticketholderwho was sued by
the Redskins in 2009 because she could not
afford to keep up payments on the 10-year,
$50,000-plus club seats contract shed
signed.

Hurricane Katrina: Storm that Snyder
used as an excuse to get out of the 75-year
lease Six Flags had with the city of New
Orleans. Snyder took over the company
shortly after the storm inundated much of
the city; he immediately let it be known he
wouldnt be coming back. If any com-
pany is trying to fgure out an exit strategy,
they are, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin
said of Snyders abandonment. Six Flags
never reopened. Snyder rented the park
to the Department of Homeland Security.
Last year, the city fned Six Flags $3 million for breaking
the lease and took over the property.

Inside the Red Zone With Vinny Cerrato: WTEM radio
show featuring top Snyder aide that debuted early in
the 2008 season, shortly after Snyder had bought what
was then D.C.s only sports-radio station. Because of
abuse from Skins fans, Cerrato quickly stopped taking
calls. He later stopped showing up at all on Mondays
after Skins losses. The show didnt return for the 2009
season.

Johnson, Brad: Quarterback who in 1999 led the Red-
skins to their only division title of the last 20 seasons.
DiageoJohnson, Brad
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GEICO: Insurance company and
major Redskins sponsor. Snyder
allowed GEICO to hand out pro-
motional signs at FedExField last
season at the same time the team
had instructed stadium security
to take away home-made signage,
much of it involving derogatory
comments about Snyder and Cer-
rato. David Donovan, Snyders
attorney, said the sign ban was
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Benched in favor of Snyder favorite Jeff George a
year later. I think that decisions made from up
top, Johnson said as George took his place. I think
its obvious.

Junk: How the bond rating service Moodys rated the
notes Snyder sold in a cash-raising scheme in August
2010 for his Dick Clark Productions. The Wall Street
Journal reported the lousy rating came from Sny-
der selling $165 million in notes in a deal that
originally was supposed to be $150 million.

Kennedy, Robert F.: Namesake for the former
Redskins stadiumand current party deck
at FedExField. Tickets to this standing-room
only section cost $152.50 and include access to a
cigar bar and a Hooters, among other come-ons.
Snyder dropped RFK from the marketing pitch
after Kennedy family announced its displeasure in
Washington City Paper.

Knott, Rene: D.C. sportscaster who in 2000 was
forced to do live reports from the Redskins Park
parking lot while peers flmed inside the practice
facility. Knotts employer, WJLA-TV, was the
only local network affliate that did not pay Sny-
der to become a media partner of the team.

Labor Laws: Something Snyder has had trouble
with. In 2006, Snyder was sued by a former
nanny, Juliette Mendonca, who told a Montgom-
ery County court that when she pointed out she
was being shortchanged and asked for proper
recompense, Snyder screamed, I pay you more
than my Redskins Park people! I cant afford to
pay you like this! The court ordered Snyder to
pay Mendonca $44,880. In 2008, Snyder faced a
lawsuit from a group of FedExField ticket offce
employees who werent being paid for extra hours.
The team argued that the Redskins ticket offce
wasnt covered by standard overtime laws, citing
a 1932 exemption for amusement and recreation
employees in the federal Fair Labor Standards
Act. The exemption, however, was meant to
cover lifeguards and greenskeepers, not offce
employees. Snyder settled the suit with the employees
earlier this year. James Rubin, a Montgomery County
attorney who represented the ticket sellers, says that he
was shocked to learn during the case that Snyder now
requires all employees to sign a document waiving their
right to sue him as a condition of employment.

Losing Record: What every head coach Snyder has
hired since buying the team has posted. Only Norv
Turner, who Snyder inherited as coach in 1999, put
up a winning mark in the Snyder Era, going 17-12 in
less than two seasons under the new owner.

Maryland Clean Indoor Air Act
of 2007: Statewide ban on smok-
ing in bars and restaurants. The
law prompted regulators to order
Club Macanudo, a cigar bar on
FedExFields Club Level, to either
stop selling drinks and food or stop
allowing smoking. Snyder stopped
food and drink sales for one season.
But the establishment reopened
as the Montecristo Club in 2009, with the team
explaining that the new facility was no longer a bar,
but a tobacco shop, and therefore not required to
comply with the state code. Unfortunately, a promo
flm for the tobacco shop posted on the Redskins
website featured a bartender pouring a Bud Light
from a tap, a clear violation of the law.
Market Segments: How Snyder viewed cancer
patients and diabetics during his marketing days. In a
2000 interview for a PBS show called CEO Exchange,
Snyder told host Jeff Greenfeld that his business
depended on coming up with $5 million niches
that he could sell goods and services to. Asked for
examples of his methodology, Snyder said, We were
looking at trend lines. We saw that the aging baby
boomer demographics were coming on strong. That
meant theres going to be a lot more diabetic patients,
a lot more cancer patients, etc. How do we capture
those market segments?
Mitchell, Brian: Redskins fan favorite and the
NFLs all-time leading kick returner. Mitchell was
cut in 2000 to make room for Dallas Cowboys star
Deion Sanders.

More than 200,000: Number of names that Sny-
der claims are on the waiting list for Redskins season
tickets. So why were the Redskins reduced to putting
ads on the sides of Metrobuses this season?

Nepotism: Plague that has run rampant at Redskins
Park since Snyder took over. Other than Jim Zorn,
every head coach hes hired has put family members
on the payroll. Examples: Marty, Brian and Kurt
Schottenheimer; Steve Spurrier senior and junior.;
Joe and Coy Gibbs; Mike and Kyle Shanahan. Coor-
dinators got in the mix, too: For the 2006-2007
seasons, Offensive Coordinator Al Saunders got son
Bob a job, while Defensive Coordinator Gregg Wil-
liams brought in son Blake. Conversely, the team cut
both punter Matt Turk and long snapper/brother
Dan Turk after Dan made a bad snap on a feld goal
attempt in a 1999 playoff game.

NFLs Digital Media Committee: What Snyder was
named to head in 2008, despite his bizarre refusal to
install a hi-def screen for replays. For years, fans had
mocked the video screens at FedExField as Mini-
Trons and Lite Brites. But Snyder spokesman
Karl Swanson maintained that the team couldnt give
them what they wanted because FedExField was
wired for analog and therefore couldnt accommo-
date digital screens. In 2009, Paul McCartney and
U2 both performed concerts at stadium, bringing
their hi-def screens that somehow worked when
plugged in. As of this year, FedExField has its own
hi-def system.

Offcial Mattress of Six
Flags: Anatomic Global.
Over time, Snyder had
shown his sponsorship
mania by inking deals
that gave Six Flags an
offcial mayonnaise and
the Redskins an offcial carpet installer. In June 2009,
weeks after the theme park chain fled for bankruptcy,
Snyder signed a deal for an offcial mattress. In the few
months before his removal from the board, Snyder
actually started selling the mattresses at his theme
parks ($1,299 for a queen size).

Pentagon Flag Hat: A Redskins cap sold for proft
by Snyder to commemorate September 11 in
time for the ffth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Ads boasted that the $23.99 caps, really just black
Redskins hats with a red, white, and blue Pentagon
sewn on the side, were expected to be worn by the
Redskins coaches. No other NFL team put 9/11
commemorative products for sale during the 2006
season, for proft or otherwise. Snyder had previously
added a $4 security surcharge to the ticket prices
soon after the attacks.

Redskins Extra Points
MasterCard: The only
credit card Snyder told
fans hed accept for season
ticket payments for the
2005 season. He withdrew
the demand following a
threatened ticketholder revolt and after MasterCard
told the Redskins to drop it.

Redskins Unfiltered: Feature on Redskins.com
designed to offer fans an a la carte menu of informa-
Fig. B
Kennedy, Robert F.
ofcial Matress of Six Flags
(artiss rendering)
Johnson, BradRedskins Unfltered
Redskins Extra Points MaserCard
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tion, as Snyder told The New York Times in 2006. In prac-
tice, Unfltered was mainly used to rebut everything written
about the team by The Washington Post. Immediately after
the Post ran a story that mentioned players eating fast food
at Redskins Park, for example, Snyder staffer Larry Michael
produced a long video in which team employees testifed
that Baja Fresh was NOT fast food. Unfltered came back to
haunt management when players used its video as evidence
in a union grievance over contact drills during voluntary
workouts. You know how we caught them? said NFLPA
chief Gene Upshaw. We saw it on their Web site.

Ringing Endorsement: What Denver Broncos owner
Pat Bowlen gave ex-Broncos coach Mike Shanahan dur-
ing private conversations with Snyder last year. Bowlen
had fred Shanahan after the 2008 season with three years
remaining on a massive contract. With Bowlens blessing,
Snyder hired Shanahan, thereby taking Bowlen off the
hook for about $7 million of the money that was still owed
on his contract.

Rodgers, Pepper: FedEx offcial whom Snyder almost
made Redskins head coach. Snyder knew he wanted to
fre Norv Turner in the middle of the 2000 season, but he
didnt have anybody to put in charge. So he contemplat-
ed Rodgers, 69, who had never coached in the NFL and
whose last coaching stint was with the Memphis Mad
Dogs of the CFL. Rodgers main qualifcation for the
Redskins job was that, after FedEx became a Redskins
sponsor, he watched games with Snyder in the owners
box and told stories about coaching John Riggins at the
University of Kansas.

Robiskie, Terry: Early Snyder Yes Man. After taking
over for Norv Turner as head coach in the middle of
the 2000 season, Robiskie confessed he would play Jeff
George over Brad Johnson just because thats what the
owner wanted. Mr. Snyder owns the football team,
Robiskie declared after his frst practice as head coach.
If I wanted to change my desk, Im going to call him
and say I want to change my desk. If I want to change
quarterbacks, Im going to call him and say, What
do you think of me changing quarterbacks? Its his
football team.

Safety: Bogus excuse used to
get a ban on pedestrian traffc
into FedExField on game days
in 2000. After a class action
lawsuit alleged that the ban
was really intended to increase
parking revenues at the stadi-
um, the ban was overturned. In
2007, Snyder again cited safety
to get offsite parking banned
by the town council in Agawam, Mass., home of Six Flags
New England. Parking rates at the theme park tripled after
his 2005 takeover of Six Flags. When the Agawam council
learned about the earlier pedestrian-safety controversy at
FedEx, it undid the ban.

Sanders, Deion: Crown jewel of the fantasy football team
Snyder put together during his frst offseason as owner,
which also included Bruce Smith, Mark Carrier, Jeff
George and Adrian Murrell. Snyder signed Sanders to a
seven-year, $56 million contract with an $8 million sign-
ing bonus. After a debacle of a 2000 season for the team
and himself, Sanders refused to report to the Redskins in
2001but declined to return any of his bonus money.

Several Million Dollars: Amount Snyder was paid by
StubHub as part of the Redskins 2008 deal with the online
ticket clearinghouse, according to StubHub spokesman
Sean Pate. At the time, Snyder had been taking tickets
away from season ticketholders for violating teams policy
against reselling tickets. The Washington Times reported
that the team even repossessed six tickets from the Bral-
oves, a D.C. family that had had them since the 1940s,
after Redskins detectives found that theyd put some tickets
up for sale on eBay.

Slamming: The illegal practice of switching a customers
telephone service without authorization. Florida authori-
ties fned Snyders pre-Redskins outft, Snyder Communi-
cations, $3.1 million in 2001 after investigators uncovered
more slamming in its offces than youd fnd stagefront at a
Limp Bizkit show.
Smith, Bruce, Rear End Of: The only thing fans who
bought the frst run of Snyders Dream Seats had a great
look at. Before the 2000 season, Snyder installed 1,488 feld
level seats at FedExField. To that point in football history,
the front rows were regarded as the worst vantage point in
a stadium, since the players on the sideline block the view,
and were priced accordingly. Snyder charged $3,000 per
Dream Seat.

Sponsored Sponsors: A technique created by the Redskins
Broadcast Network in the Snyder era to cram in all the
advertising sold on Redskins radio broadcasts. No segment
of a Skins game goes unsponsored, leading to fabulous lis-
tening moments such as: The GMRI scoreboard brought
to you by McDonalds.

Sports Jerk of the Year: Award conferred upon Snyder
in 2001 in cartoon strip Tank McNamara.

Unobstructed View: What Snyder wanted of the Potomac
River from the back of his Montgomery County home.
To accomplish this, he cut down trees protected by the
National Park Service. The episode marked one of the
rare times Snyder got crisis PR help. He retained Mike
Sitrick, who helped with damage control for the Michael
Jackson family after the pop stars death and Paris Hilton
after one of her arrests.

Weasel Stew: Menu
item at the Princess
Restaurant in Frost-
burg, Md., conceived
in 2000 after the
Redskins broke their
training-camp lease
with the local college. Jack Kent Cooke and Maryland law-
makers had worked out a 10-year, $331,000-per-year deal,
designed to bring tourist dollars to western Maryland, as
part of the agreement that brought the Redskins to Prince
Georges County. Shortly after buying the team, Snyder
defaulted on the deal so he could hold training camp at
Redskins Park, where he charged $10 admission and $10
parking. In 2001, Snyder paid the school $750,000 to settle
the matter. The school used the money to establish an
endowment named for Cooke.

Vanilla: Flavor of ice cream that Snyder
left to thaw in defensive coordinator
Mike Nolans offce TWICE in one sea-
son to let the coach know the owner felt
his schemes were simplistic, or vanilla.
John Feinstein wrote that Snyders
second delivery, after a loss to Dallas,
consisted of three giant canisters of
melting 31 Flavors ice cream and a note
that said I do not like vanilla.

Zorn: Verb meaning to humiliate an
employee into quitting so the employ-
er can avoid paying severance. The word was brought
into the lexicon early in the 2009 season, after Snyder
engineered a public emasculation of head coach Jim Zorn.
Zorns play-calling duties were handed to consultant
Sherm Lewis, who was working as a bingo caller at retire-
ment communities in Michigan when Snyder hired him.
At the time, Zorn had a year and $2.4 million remaining
on his contract. He didnt quit. CP
Weasel, pre-sew
Fig. C
Sports Jerk of the Year
Redskins UnflteredZorn
Dont Walk!
Vanilla Cone
Smear Job: Action that Marvin Demoff, agent for Gregg
Williams, accused Redskins of taking to pre-empt fan
unhappiness over Snyders decision not to hire Williams. A
four-year employee of Snyders, Williams was a fan favorite.
But the owner reportedly wanted to hire veteran coach Jim
Fassel instead. Demoff pointed out that three D.C. media
operations reported at about the same time that team
sources were saying Williams wasnt ft to be head coach
because he had been disrespectful to retiring coach Joe
Gibbs. The alleged slight occurred when Williams unilat-
erally called the Missing Man Formation as a tribute to
Sean Taylor after his death. Outcry prevented the team from
hiring Fassel, though Williams didnt get the job, either.



Exhibit 2
The Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder
From A to Z (for Zorn), an encyclopedia of the
owner's many failings.
By Dave McKenna on November 19, 2010
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8-3: Record Marty Schottenheimer posted in the last 11 games of the 2001 season, his first as head coach of the
Washington Redskins. Snyder fired him anyway.
$10: Amount Snyder charged fans for admission to the teams workouts during the 2000 training camp at Redskins
Park in Ashburn. He also charged another $10 to park, thereby becoming the first owner in NFL history to use team
practice as a gouging mechanism.
$20: Price Snyder affixed to Redskins Mania, the first Redskins scratch lottery ticket in 2009, making it as
expensive as any scratcher ever offered by the Virginia Lottery. The campaign flopped.
$25: Price Snyder charged for a special group of standing-room-only tickets at FedExField in 2008. The cheap
tickets were linked to the high-priced suites; lobbying watchdogs said Snyder was merely attempting to skirt
congressional gift limits. Damning evidence: A team brochure for instructing ticket sales personnel to explain
lobbying loopholes to suite customers. Snyder denied the charge. SRO tickets now sell for $152.50, with no
mention of lobbying in the sales pitch.
$30: Price Snyder charges for a doll of Fox Sports Cleatus the Robot in Redskins colors. Same doll is available on
Foxs website for $23.96.
31-36: Record Joe Gibbs had as coach with Dan Snyder as owner; Gibbs went 140-65 without Snyder as owner.
700 Pages: Length of the playbook brought to Redskins Park in 2006 by Al Saunders, who Snyder hired to call
plays for Gibbs. In pre-Snyder era, Gibbs comparatively simple offensive schemes revolutionized the game and
brought the Redskins three Super Bowls.
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A Long Time: Thirteen weeks, in Snyder-speak. During training camp in 2000, ESPN asked Snyder how long
Norv Turner, who had just coached the Redskins to an NFC East title, would be in his employ. A long time,
Snyder said. He fired Turner with three games left in the season, despite the Redskins winning record.
American Enterprise Institute: Conservative thinktank that summed up Snyders football operation as a leading
exemplar of this tendency toward irrationality in a 2006 report. Kevin Hassett, director of economic policy studies
at AEI, cited Snyder for running a seriously mismanaged operation. I used the Redskins because theyre the
most frightening example of a team that hadnt thought through the simple economics of pro football, Hassett said
at the time. The problems of running a pro football team are right out of the textbooks: With the salary cap,
everybodys got the same amount of money to spend, so lets see what youre going to do with your money. The
big signing is counter to the economics of pro football. Over time, [Snyder is] spending the same amount of money
as everybody else, but hes spending it irrationally. I think theyre years away from correcting the mistakes theyve
made.
Andyman: Fake name widely believed to be used by top Redskins officials to post anti-media rants on fan message
boards. In 2005, Washington City Paper reported that Karl Swanson, Snyders longtime PR chief, had registered on
sportsjournalists.com, a website where Andyman often sniped at The Washington Post. Andyman, which could be
Pig Latin for Danny M (Snyders first name, middle initial) all but disappeared after the report.
B
Bankrupt Airline Peanuts: What Snyder was selling to fans at FedExField. During the 2006 season, vendors
offered shelled nuts in royal blue and white 5 oz. bags adorned with the Independence Air logo. Problem: The
airline had gone under about a year earlier. The supplier told Washington City Paper that it stopped shipping the
airlines nuts before Independence Air went out of business. A spokesman for the Peanut Council told City Paper
that to prevent rancidity, the recommended shelf life of a foil bag of out-of-shell peanuts was about three months.
C
Casserly, Charley: Redskins general manager who played a lead role in assembling the 1991 Super Bowl
championship team. Snyder fired him in 1999 to clear space for Vinny Cerrato, who played lead role in 1994
feature film Kindergarten Ninja.
Conflict of Interest: What Snyder created by employing members of the D.C. media to work for Redskins
Broadcast Network, wholly owned by the team. Among the many journalists who worked for Snyder while also
reporting on his Redskins for major news outlets: George Michael, Michael Wilbon, Dan Hellie, Wally Bruckner,
Andy Pollin, Lindsay Czarniak, Brett Haber.
D
Dan-Jazeera: How Al Koken, a former employee of Snyder-owned sports station WTEM, describes the Redskins
owners media operation.
Dumb and Dumber: Nickname fans gave Snyder and longtime racquetball/Six Flags investment partner Vinny
Cerrato in 2009 season.
Diageo: Worlds largest liquor company and a business partner of Snyders. They paired up in a massive 2002
sponsorship deal that placed liquor advertising inside FedExField in the sight lines of network cameras, as well as
local TV commercials during Redskins games. George Hacker of the Alcohol Policies Project, a program of the
Center for Science in the Public Interest, was among the anti-drinking advocates who called the pact an attempted
end-run by Snyder and Diageo around longstanding prohibitions on booze advertising. Airing ads for Smirnoff Ice
and Captain Morgans Gold during Redskin telecasts trumpets liquor brands and enables Diageo to sidestep the
networks voluntary ban on hard liquor ads, Hacker wrote. Snyder and Diageo remain partners.
E
Emulate Charlie Chan: What Asian actors trying out for a mascot job at Snyder-run Six Flags were allegedly
told during 2008 auditions. After the 2006 firing of Mr. Six, the longtime mascot Snyder deemed creepy, the
theme park chains marketing team hired a Japanese actor to scream More flags! More fun! in a vaguely Asian
accent in TV commercials. The Chicago chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League, which publicized the
Charlie Chan angle, was among the advocacy groups critical of the effort. The campaign was canceled very
shortly after its debut.
Entertainment Tax: Ten percent fee Prince Georges County collects as part of the deal that put the stadium there.
The fee, like all assorted tariffs, had historically been included in the ticket price. After buying the Redskins,
Snyder removed those charges from the printed price, moving them to the invoice. The move coincided with the
biggest ticket price hike in team history. The biggest losers in Snyders removal of fees were street sellers, since
face value of a ticket was no longer its actual retail price.
Ewwwww!: How Barbara Hyde, spokeswoman for the American Society for Microbiology, reacted to last years
news that Snyders vendors were selling beer in the bathrooms. Fans had been alleging that the Redskins were
hawking lager in the loo long before a YouTube video surfaced in October 2009. Hyde said that because
microbiological bad actors like E. coli hang out in the mens room, beer vendors shouldnt.
F
Fan Appreciation Day: Gimmick used in 2006 by Snyder to draw people to FedExField, where he charged $25 to
park to watch the team scrimmage and hear an address from Vinny Cerrato. The parking charge was not mentioned
in the advertisements the team produced for the event.
Flat-Screen TV: What Snyder said hed deliver to Laveranues Coles in the 2005 preseason. The gift was part of a
threat from the owner to keep the receiver out of football if he didnt agree to give up a $5 million bonus called for
by his contract so that Snyder could trade him. He said he would send a flat-screen television to my home because
Id be better off watching the games there, Coles told Sports Illustrated in 2005. That was his way of saying Id
be sitting for the next couple years until they cut me.
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Gates, Bill: Formerly worlds richest man. But hes not as rich as he would be had he not done business with
Snyder. One of Six Flags biggest stockholders, Gates had 10,210,600 shares worth about $122 million in early
2006, when Snyder began putting his marketing team in place. They were worth $0zilch, zip, nadaby the time
Snyder was tossed off the board last year. Bill Gates gives away more money than anybody, and his main cause is
malaria, said a representative of Resilient Capital Management, a hedge fund and Six Flags investor, which sued to
have Snyder removed from the company for fiduciary irresponsibility. That was money that could have gone to
save kids from malaria.
GEICO: Insurance company and major Redskins sponsor. Snyder allowed GEICO to hand out promotional signs at
FedExField last season at the same time the team had instructed stadium security to take away home-made signage,
much of it involving derogatory comments about Snyder and Cerrato. David Donovan, Snyders attorney, said the
sign ban was for safety.
George, Jeff: Quarterback and one of many Snyder-era free agent busts. Snyder brought George to D.C. on the
advice of friend and former Redskins star Sonny Jurgensen. Terry Bradshaw pooh-poohed the George signing on
the FOX pregame show: Both Jurgensen and George have one thing in commontheyve never won anything,
said the four-time Super Bowl winner.
Guest House: Dwelling on Snyders Potomac estate where prospective employees stay overnight during job
interviews.
H
Helicopter: Favored method of transportation Snyder used to drop into Redskins practices in 1999 in Frostburg,
Md., after taking control of the team.
Herzog, Frank: Beloved former Redskins play-by-play announcer. Herzog was best known for signature call,
Touchdown, Washington Redskins! He was replaced in Snyders Redskins Broadcasting booth in 2004 by Larry
Michael, best known for saying Brought to you by Subway! If you love bacon come into Subway! Eat fresh!
Hill, Pat: Down-on-her-luck 73-year-old grandmotherand five-decade Redskins season-ticketholderwho was
sued by the Redskins in 2009 because she could not afford to keep up payments on the 10-year, $50,000-plus club
seats contract shed signed.
Hurricane Katrina: Storm that Snyder used as an excuse to get out of the 75-year lease Six Flags had with the city
of New Orleans. Snyder took over the company shortly after the storm inundated much of the city; he immediately
let it be known he wouldnt be coming back. If any company is trying to figure out an exit strategy, they are, New
Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said of Snyders abandonment. Six Flags never reopened. Snyder rented the park to the
Department of Homeland Security. Last year, the city fined Six Flags $3 million for breaking the lease and took
over the property.
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Inside the Red Zone With Vinny Cerrato: WTEMradio show featuring top Snyder aide that debuted early in the
2008 season, shortly after Snyder had bought what was then D.C.s only sports-radio station. Because of abuse
from Skins fans, Cerrato quickly stopped taking calls. He later stopped showing up at all on Mondays after Skins
losses. The show didnt return for the 2009 season.
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Johnson, Brad: Quarterback who in 1999 led the Redskins to their only division title of the last 20 seasons.
Benched in favor of Snyder favorite Jeff George a year later. I think that decisions made from up top, Johnson
said as George took his place. I think its obvious.
Junk: How the bond rating service Moodys rated the notes Snyder sold in a cash-raising scheme in August 2010
for his Dick Clark Productions. The Wall Street Journal reported the lousy rating came from Snyder selling $165
million in notes in a deal that originally was supposed to be $150 million.
K
Kennedy, Robert F.: Namesake for the former Redskins stadiumand current party deck at FedExField.
Tickets to this standing-room only section cost $152.50 and include access to a cigar bar and a Hooters, among
other come-ons. Snyder dropped RFK from the marketing pitch after Kennedy family announced its displeasure
in Washington City Paper.
Knott, Rene: D.C. sportscaster who in 2000 was forced to do live reports from the Redskins Park parking lot while
peers filmed inside the practice facility. Knotts employer, WJLA-TV, was the only local network affiliate that did
not pay Snyder to become a media partner of the team.
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Labor Laws: Something Snyder has had trouble with. In 2006, Snyder was sued by a former nanny, Juliette
Mendonca, who told a Montgomery County court that when she pointed out she was being shortchanged and asked
for proper recompense, Snyder screamed, I pay you more than my Redskins Park people! I cant afford to pay you
like this! The court ordered Snyder to pay Mendonca $44,880. In 2008, Snyder faced a lawsuit from a group of
FedExField ticket office employees who werent being paid for extra hours. The team argued that the Redskins
ticket office wasnt covered by standard overtime laws, citing a 1932 exemption for amusement and recreation
employees in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The exemption, however, was meant to cover lifeguards and
greenskeepers, not office employees. Snyder settled the suit with the employees earlier this year. James Rubin, a
Montgomery County attorney who represented the ticket sellers, says that he was shocked to learn during the case
that Snyder now requires all employees to sign a document waiving their right to sue him as a condition of
employment.
Losing Record: What every head coach Snyder has hired since buying the team has posted. Only Norv Turner,
who Snyder inherited as coach in 1999, put up a winning mark in the Snyder Era, going 17-12 in less than two
seasons under the new owner.
M
Maryland Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007: Statewide ban on smoking in bars and restaurants. The law prompted
regulators to order Club Macanudo, a cigar bar on FedExFields Club Level, to either stop selling drinks and food
or stop allowing smoking. Snyder stopped food and drink sales for one season. But the establishment reopened as
the Montecristo Club in 2009, with the team explaining that the new facility was no longer a bar, but a tobacco
shop, and therefore not required to comply with the state code. Unfortunately, a promo film for the tobacco shop
posted on the Redskins website featured a bartender pouring a Bud Light from a tap, a clear violation of the law.
Market Segments: How Snyder viewed cancer patients and diabetics during his marketing days. In a 2000
interview for a PBS show called CEO Exchange, Snyder told host Jeff Greenfield that his business depended on
coming up with $5 million niches that he could sell goods and services to. Asked for examples of his
methodology, Snyder said, We were looking at trend lines. We saw that the aging baby boomer demographics
were coming on strong. That meant theres going to be a lot more diabetic patients, a lot more cancer patients, etc.
How do we capture those market segments?
Mitchell, Brian: Redskins fan favorite and the NFLs all-time leading kick returner. Mitchell was cut in 2000 to
make room for Dallas Cowboys star Deion Sanders.
More than 200,000: Number of names that Snyder claims are on the waiting list for Redskins season tickets. So
why were the Redskins reduced to putting ads on the sides of Metrobuses this season?
N
Nepotism: Plague that has run rampant at Redskins Park since Snyder took over. Other than Jim Zorn, every head
coach hes hired has put family members on the payroll. Examples: Marty, Brian and Kurt Schottenheimer; Steve
Spurrier senior and junior.; Joe and Coy Gibbs; Mike and Kyle Shanahan. Coordinators got in the mix, too: For the
2006-2007 seasons, Offensive Coordinator Al Saunders got son Bob a job, while Defensive Coordinator Gregg
Williams brought in son Blake. Conversely, the team cut both punter Matt Turk and long snapper/brother Dan Turk
after Dan made a bad snap on a field goal attempt in a 1999 playoff game.
NFLs Digital Media Committee: What Snyder was named to head in 2008, despite his bizarre refusal to install a
hi-def screen for replays. For years, fans had mocked the video screens at FedExField as MiniTrons and Lite
Brites. But Snyder spokesman Karl Swanson maintained that the team couldnt give them what they wanted
because FedExField was wired for analog and therefore couldnt accommodate digital screens. In 2009, Paul
McCartney and U2 both performed concerts at stadium, bringing their hi-def screens that somehow worked when
plugged in. As of this year, FedExField has its own hi-def system.
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Official Mattress of Six Flags: Anatomic Global. Over time, Snyder had shown his sponsorship mania by inking
deals that gave Six Flags an official mayonnaise and the Redskins an official carpet installer. In June 2009, weeks
after the theme park chain filed for bankruptcy, Snyder signed a deal for an official mattress. In the few months
before his removal from the board, Snyder actually started selling the mattresses at his theme parks ($1,299 for a
queen size).
P
Pentagon Flag Hat: A Redskins cap sold for profit by Snyder to commemorate September 11 in time for the
fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Ads boasted that the $23.99 caps, really just black Redskins hats with a red,
white, and blue Pentagon sewn on the side, were expected to be worn by the Redskins coaches. No other NFL
team put 9/11 commemorative products for sale during the 2006 season, for profit or otherwise. Snyder had
previously added a $4 security surcharge to the ticket prices soon after the attacks.
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Redskins Extra Points MasterCard: The only credit card Snyder told fans hed accept for season ticket payments
for the 2005 season. He withdrew the demand following a threatened ticketholder revolt and after MasterCard told
the Redskins to drop it.
Redskins Unfiltered: Feature on Redskins.com designed to offer fans an a la carte menu of information, as
Snyder told The New York Times in 2006. In practice, Unfiltered was mainly used to rebut everything written about
the team by The Washington Post. Immediately after the Post ran a story that mentioned players eating fast food
at Redskins Park, for example, Snyder staffer Larry Michael produced a long video in which team employees
testified that Baja Fresh was NOT fast food. Unfiltered came back to haunt management when players used its
video as evidence in a union grievance over contact drills during voluntary workouts. You know how we caught
them? said NFLPA chief Gene Upshaw. We saw it on their Web site.
Ringing Endorsement: What Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen gave ex-Broncos coach Mike Shanahan during
private conversations with Snyder last year. Bowlen had fired Shanahan after the 2008 season with three years
remaining on a massive contract. With Bowlens blessing, Snyder hired Shanahan, thereby taking Bowlen off the
hook for about $7 million of the money that was still owed on his contract.
Rodgers, Pepper: FedEx official whom Snyder almost made Redskins head coach. Snyder knew he wanted to fire
Norv Turner in the middle of the 2000 season, but he didnt have anybody to put in charge. So he contemplated
Rodgers, 69, who had never coached in the NFL and whose last coaching stint was with the Memphis Mad Dogs of
the CFL. Rodgers main qualification for the Redskins job was that, after FedEx became a Redskins sponsor, he
watched games with Snyder in the owners box and told stories about coaching John Riggins at the University of
Kansas.
Robiskie, Terry: Early Snyder Yes Man. After taking over for Norv Turner as head coach in the middle of the
2000 season, Robiskie confessed he would play Jeff George over Brad Johnson just because thats what the owner
wanted. Mr. Snyder owns the football team, Robiskie declared after his first practice as head coach. If I wanted
to change my desk, Im going to call him and say I want to change my desk. If I want to change quarterbacks, Im
going to call him and say, What do you think of me changing quarterbacks? Its his football team.
S
Safety: Bogus excuse used to get a ban on pedestrian traffic into FedExField on game days in 2000. After a class
action lawsuit alleged that the ban was really intended to increase parking revenues at the stadium, the ban was
overturned. In 2007, Snyder again cited safety to get offsite parking banned by the town council in Agawam, Mass.,
home of Six Flags New England. Parking rates at the theme park tripled after his 2005 takeover of Six Flags. When
the Agawam council learned about the earlier pedestrian-safety controversy at FedEx, it undid the ban.
Sanders, Deion: Crown jewel of the fantasy football team Snyder put together during his first offseason as owner,
which also included Bruce Smith, Mark Carrier, Jeff George and Adrian Murrell. Snyder signed Sanders to a seven-
year, $56 million contract with an $8 million signing bonus. After a debacle of a 2000 season for the team and
himself, Sanders refused to report to the Redskins in 2001but declined to return any of his bonus money.
Several Million Dollars: Amount Snyder was paid by StubHub as part of the Redskins 2008 deal with the
online ticket clearinghouse, according to StubHub spokesman Sean Pate. At the time, Snyder had been taking
tickets away from season ticketholders for violating teams policy against reselling tickets. The Washington Times
reported that the team even repossessed six tickets from the Braloves, a D.C. family that had had them since the
1940s, after Redskins detectives found that theyd put some tickets up for sale on eBay.
Slamming: The illegal practice of switching a customers telephone service without authorization. Florida
authorities fined Snyders pre-Redskins outfit, Snyder Communications, $3.1 million in 2001 after investigators
uncovered more slamming in its offices than youd find stagefront at a Limp Bizkit show.
Smear Job: Action that Marvin Demoff, agent for Gregg Williams, accused Redskins of taking to pre-empt fan
unhappiness over Snyders decision not to hire Williams. A four-year employee of Snyders, Williams was a fan
favorite. But the owner reportedly wanted to hire veteran coach Jim Fassel instead. Demoff pointed out that three
D.C. media operations reported at about the same time that team sources were saying Williams wasnt fit to be
head coach because he had been disrespectful to retiring coach Joe Gibbs. The alleged slight occurred when
Williams unilaterally called the Missing Man Formation as a tribute to Sean Taylor after his death. Outcry
prevented the team from hiring Fassel, though Williams didnt get the job, either.
Smith, Bruce, Rear End Of: The only thing fans who bought the first run of Snyders Dream Seats had a great
look at. Before the 2000 season, Snyder installed 1,488 field level seats at FedExField. To that point in football
history, the front rows were regarded as the worst vantage point in a stadium, since the players on the sideline block
the view, and were priced accordingly. Snyder charged $3,000 per Dream Seat.
Sponsored Sponsors: A technique created by the Redskins Broadcast Network in the Snyder era to cram in all the
advertising sold on Redskins radio broadcasts. No segment of a Skins game goes unsponsored, leading to fabulous
listening moments such as: The GMRI scoreboard brought to you by McDonalds.
Sports Jerk of the Year: Award conferred upon Snyder in 2001 in cartoon strip Tank McNamara.
U
Unobstructed View: What Snyder wanted of the Potomac River from the back of his Montgomery County home.
To accomplish this, he cut down trees protected by the National Park Service. The episode marked one of the rare
times Snyder got crisis PR help. He retained Mike Sitrick, who helped with damage control for the Michael Jackson
family after the pop stars death and Paris Hilton after one of her arrests.
V
Vanilla: Flavor of ice cream that Snyder left to thaw in defensive coordinator Mike Nolans office TWICE in one
season to let the coach know the owner felt his schemes were simplistic, or vanilla. John Feinstein wrote that
Snyders second delivery, after a loss to Dallas, consisted of three giant canisters of melting 31 Flavors ice cream
and a note that said I do not like vanilla.
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Weasel Stew: Menu item at the Princess Restaurant in Frostburg, Md., conceived in 2000 after the Redskins broke
their training-camp lease with the local college. Jack Kent Cooke and Maryland lawmakers had worked out a 10-
year, $331,000-per-year deal, designed to bring tourist dollars to western Maryland, as part of the agreement that
brought the Redskins to Prince Georges County. Shortly after buying the team, Snyder defaulted on the deal so he
could hold training camp at Redskins Park, where he charged $10 admission and $10 parking. In 2001, Snyder paid
the school $750,000 to settle the matter. The school used the money to establish an endowment named for Cooke.
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Zorn: Verb meaning to humiliate an employee into quitting so the employer can avoid paying severance. The word
was brought into the lexicon early in the 2009 season, after Snyder engineered a public emasculation of head coach
Jim Zorn. Zorns play-calling duties were handed to consultant Sherm Lewis, who was working as a bingo caller at
retirement communities in Michigan when Snyder hired him. At the time, Zorn had a year and $2.4 million
remaining on his contract. He didnt quit.
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Stacy
November 17, 2010
It appears that this post comes from the future?
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Mike Madden
November 17, 2010
Stacy --
Our article pages are dated to match the date on the paper, which is the Friday of the week it comes out. But you
can pick up a paper copy around D.C. any time from tomorrow on.
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Don
November 17, 2010
Simply outstanding.
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Jim C
November 17, 2010
You did a good job with this, but how could you ignore Snyder suing his own fans who could no longer afford their
tickets? Of all the shitty things he has ever done, that is the worst by far.
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Mike Madden
November 17, 2010
Jim C --
That's in here:



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An alternative newspaper is a type of newspaper, usually published weekly or every other week, that eschews
comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of stylized reporting, opinionated reviews and columns,
investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting local people and culture. Their news
coverage is more locally-focused and their target audiences younger than those of daily newspapers. Typically,
alternative newspapers are published in tabloid format and printed on newsprint. Other names for such publications
include alternative weekly, alternative newsweekly, and alt weekly, as the vast majority circulate on a weekly
schedule.
Most metropolitan areas of the United States and Canada are home to at least one alternative paper. These papers
are generally found in such urban areas, although a few publish in smaller cities, in rural areas or exurban areas
where they may be referred to as an alt monthly due to the less frequent publication schedule.
Content
Alternative papers usually operate under a different business model than daily papers.
A SF Weekly
newspaper box on
Sansome Street in San
Francisco
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Most alternative papers, such as The Stranger, the Houston Press, the San
Francisco Bay Guardian, the Village Voice, the New York Press and the Long Island
Press, are free, earning revenue through the sale of advertising space. They also often
include ads for adult entertainment, such as adult bookstores and strip clubs, which are
prohibited in many mainstream daily newspapers.
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They usually include
comprehensive classified and personal ad sections and event listings as well.
[citation needed]
Many alternative papers feature an annual "best of" issue, profiling businesses that
readers voted the best of their type in the area. Often these papers send out certificates
that the businesses hang on their wall or window. This further cements the paper's ties to
local businesses.
Alternative newspapers represent the more commercialized and mainstream evolution of
the underground press associated with the 1960s counterculture. Their focus remains on
arts and entertainment and social and political reportage. Editorial positions at alternative
weeklies are predominantly left-leaning, though there is a small contingent of strongly
conservative, and libertarian, alt-weeklies. Their styles vary sharply; some affect a
satirical, ironic tone, while others embrace a more straightforward approach to reporting.
Columns commonly syndicated to alternative weeklies include "The Straight Dope," Dan
Savage's "Savage Love," Rob Breszny's "Free Will Astrology," and Ben Tausig's
crossword puzzle "Ink Well." Quirky, non-mainstream comics, such as Matt Groening's Life in Hell, Lynda Barry's
Ernie Pook's Comeek, Ruben Bolling's Tom the Dancing Bug, and Ted Rall's political cartoons are also common.
The Village Voice, based in New York City, is one of the first and best-known examples of the form.
The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies is the alternative weeklies' trade association. The Alternative Weekly
Network and the Ruxton Group are national advertising sales representatives for alternative weeklies.
Chains and mergers
Some alternative newspapers are independent. However, due in part to increasing concentration of media
ownership, many have been bought or launched by larger media conglomerates. The Tribune Company, a multi-
billion dollar company that owns the Chicago Cubs and Chicago Tribune owns four New England alternative
weeklies, including the Hartford Advocate and New Haven Advocate.
Creative Loafing, originally only an Atlanta-based alternative weekly, grew into Creative Loafing, Inc. which owns
papers in three other southern U.S. cities, as well as the Chicago Reader and Washington City Paper.
Village Voice Media and New Times Media merged in 2006; before that, they were the two largest chains.
The pre-merger Village Voice Media, an outgrowth of New York Citys Village Voice, included LA Weekly, OC
Weekly, Seattle Weekly, Minneapolis City Pages, and Nashville Scene.
New Times Media included at the time of the merger Cleveland Scene, Dallas Observer, Westword, East Bay
Express, New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Houston Press, The Pitch, Miami New Times, Phoenix New Times, SF
Weekly, and Riverfront Times.
In 2003, the two companies entered into a non-competition agreement which stated that the two would not publish
in the same market. Because of this, New Times Media eliminated New Times LA, a competitor to Village Voice
Media's LA Weekly, and Village Voice Media ceased publishing Cleveland Free Times, a competitor to New Times
Media's Cleveland Scene. The US Justice Department launched an antitrust investigation into the agreement. [1]
The case was settled out of court with the two companies agreeing to make available the publishing assets and titles
of their defunct papers to potential competitors. The Cleveland Free Times recommenced publication in 2003 under
the publication group Kildysart LLC.
On October 24, 2005, New Times Media announced a deal to acquire Village Voice Media, creating a chain of 17
free weekly newspapers around the country with a combined circulation of 1.8 million and controlling a quarter of
the weekly circulation of alternative weekly newspapers in North America [2]. The deal was approved by the
Justice Department and, on January 31, 2006, the companies merged into one, taking the name Village Voice
Media. [3]
Many editors and reporters of alternative papers and many longtime readers of Village Voice felt that the merger
was against the spirit of alt weeklies and accused the Village Voice Media of selling out. Others bemoan the effects
such a large chain may have on the independent spirit of alt weeklies.
Nonetheless, a number of owner-operated, non-chain owned alternative papers survive, among them Columbia City
Paper in Columbia, South Carolina, Metro Silicon Valley in San Jose, California, Pittsburgh City Paper in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Salt Lake City Weekly, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, the San Diego Reader, Isthmus
in Madison, Wisconsin, the Boulder Weekly, "The Second Supper" in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Willamette Week in
Portland, Oregon, Independent Weekly in North Carolina's Triangle region, Yes! Weekly in North Carolina's Triad
region, the Austin Chronicle in Texas, Artvoice in Buffalo, New York, the Aquarian Weekly in North Jersey, the
Colorado Springs Independent, and Knoxville Voice in Knoxville, Tennessee. Canadian examples of owner-
operated, non-chain owned alternative papers include Vancouver's The Georgia Straight, Toronto's NOW
Magazine, Edmonton's Vue Weekly and Halifax's The Coast.
See also
List of alternative weekly newspapers
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Here in Washington, D.C., the local National Football League team is the Washington Redskins, and
it is owned by Dan Snyder -- easily one of the most loathsome people in the world and second only
to Los Angeles Clippers Donald Sterling on the list of the most widely-despised owners of
professional sporting concerns. Locals are pretty fanatical about the home team, even during these
dark days of extended mediocrity, but Snyder is one of the most disliked figures in the history of the
team -- which is amazing, considering the fact that the team was once owned by George Preston
Marshall, a racist heel of the highest order.
I could go on at length about Snyder's awfulness, but I don't have to, because back in November, the
Washington City Paper's Dave McKenna offered the definitive guide in the form of "The Cranky
Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder." To my mind, McKenna's only crime in having penned the
piece was being immeasurably awesome. But Dan Snyder didn't see it that way, because he
happens to be as thin-skinned as he is wealthy. And now, according to today's Washington Post,
Snyder has escalated his pouty-faced rage to the point that he is now making legal threats and,
apparently, seeking McKenna's ouster from the City Paper.
If there's one thing that's been a hallmark of the Snyder era in Washington -- besides consistently
overpaying for terrible players who consistently underperform, and overcharging fans for just about
anything to which a price tag could be attached -- it's been Snyder's intense desire to crack down on
just about anyone who has anything discouraging to say about him or the Redskins. One particularly
sorry episode involved the banning of signs from the stands -- even ones that expressed support for
the troops in Afghanistan -- because many people were bringing signs to FedEx Field that insulted
Snyder.
Snyder's efforts to enforce a global ban on anyone saying mean things about him have extended to
attempts to influence media coverage of the team itself. Many examples of this are included in
McKenna's "Cranky Guide," so here are a few representative highlights:
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work Ior RedskIns BroudcusL NeLwork, whoIIv owned bv Lhe Leum. Among Lhe munv
journuIIsLs who worked Ior Snvder whIIe uIso reporLIng on hIs RedskIns Ior mujor news
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menu oI InIormuLIon," us Snvder LoId The New York TImes In zoo6. n prucLIce,
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cume buck Lo huunL munugemenL when pIuvers used ILs vIdeo us evIdence In u unIon
grIevunce over "conLucL drIIIs" durIng voIunLurv workouLs. "You know how we cuughL
Lhem?" suId NPA chIeI Gene Upshuw. "We suw IL on LheIr Web sILe."
Snyder's overall media strategy is basically to put reporters on the payroll, keep them in line and
aggressively beat back criticism. But this is the first time, to my knowledge, that Snyder's actually
sought the firing of a reporter.
Of course, no one from Snyder's legal team or the Redskins organization has actually contacted the
City Paper about any of this -- a fact that the paper's publisher, Amy Austin, makes abundantly clear
to the Post. Rather, Snyder's counsel has complained to Atalaya Capital Management, the hedge
fund that owns Creative Loafing Inc., who in turn own the City Paper. It's a wonderfully petty move
indicating that Snyder's taken his whinging to his fellows in the white-collar community in hopes they
will sympathize with his plight.
And if you're wondering how it came to pass that the Washington Post even got wind of this story,
wonder no more:
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conLucLed The PosL IusL week und usked Lhe newspuper Lo preserve e-muIIs beLween PosL
sporLs bIogger Dun SLeInberg und McKennu.
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The attorneys said they intend to explore whether there was any agreement between
McKenna and Steinberg to cross-promote McKenna's pieces on Snyder. Steinberg
routinely links to sports content across the Web.
McKenna and Steinberg are former neighbors and longtime friends, a fact disclosed by
Steinberg when he linked to McKenna's City Paper article on Steinberg's D.C. Sports Bog
blog in November. At the time, Steinberg called McKenna's article "an encyclopedic
takedown of Snyder's decade of Redskins ownership, with just about all the horror stories
gathered in one place."
McKenna, in turn, occasionally mentions Steinberg's work in his City Paper columns and
blog postings, referring to him as "the Great Dan Steinberg."
Yes: Dan Snyder's lawyers are exploring the possibility that two people who cover sports happen to
know and like each other, perhaps to the extent that they share links to one another's stories, all of
which are utterly quotidian practices in the world of online media.
What we're seeing here, of course, are moves that come right out of the hack-lawyer playbook: a
bullshit threat of discovery intended to scare the owners of the City Paper into acceding to demands,
with a brushback pitch aimed at the Post -- a reminder that they're being creeped on -- as an added
bonus.
Patty Glaser, the "well-known litigator based in Los Angeles" who at one time represented Conan
O'Brien but whose character judgment has fallen off to the point of representing Snyder in this claim,
tells the Post, "We have been pushed in this direction, in our view ... it's something we tried to avoid."
But, as they've never actually contacted the City Paper directly -- the first thing one would do when
one wants to "avoid" legal action -- you know that this is complete crap. Glaser also says, "We feel
[the Washington City Paper has] published untruths," regarding Snyder, but -- significantly -- has no
specific example of any "untruth."
For its part, the City Paper is standing behind McKenna's reporting. Should this proceed to discovery,
one thing that might be enjoyable for everyone would be for the City Paper to seek out internal
Redskins emails in order to prove the truth about every single thing McKenna has reported. (I would
particularly enjoy an official measurement of Dan Snyder's height, myself.)
In the interest of full disclosure, I am a longstanding fan of the team who has written about them for
DCist.com. That said, I am very much opposed to the team's maintenance of their indefensible and
viciously racist name. Ironically, there was a time when Dan Snyder may have had the power to do
something about that -- in 2002, Snyder sought and obtained the rights to the trademark on the
name "Washington Warriors." At the time, Snyder gave out that the trademark was obtained for the
purposes of fielding a Washington team in the Indoor Football League, but this all happened at a
time when Snyder's trademark on the name "Redskins" was being challenged by Native American
activist Suzan Shown Harjo on the grounds that it violated the Lanham Act. Harjo eventually lost her
suit, and both the name "Warriors" and the memory of Snyder's IFL ambitions faded from memory.
All of this was ably reported out by -- wait for it! -- the City Paper's Dave McKenna.
All of which goes to show that at one point, Dan Snyder might have done the right thing, in terms of
correcting the team's racist name. But Dan Snyder is congenitally incapable of doing the right thing,
ever.
UPDATE: The Washington City Paper has responded at length, to this nonsense. Yes, Snyder's
team took their threats to Atalaya Capital Management in precisely the terms I described. Per their
complaint: "Mr. Snyder has more than sufficient means to protect his reputation. We presume that
defending such litigation would not be a rational strategy for an investment fund such as yours.
Indeed, the cost of litigation would presumably quickly outstrip the asset value of the Washington
City Paper."
The City Paper continues to stand by their reporting. In addition, they "also emphatically reject the
suggestion that we stop reporting on Snyder or that we pull McKenna." They have proactively offered
to grant relief to Snyder by allowing him to have "the opportunity to publish a guest column
responding to the article." But, again, it's not like Snyder doesn't already have means at his disposal
to respond to Dave McKenna's article in a more dignified fashion. As publisher Amy Austin puts it:
L's exLremeIv unIorLunuLe LhuL Snvder beIIeves LhuL IL Is upproprIuLe Lo LhreuLen CILv
Puper wILh IILIguLIon becuuse he objecLs Lo our coveruge. As u o-veur oId newspuper und
vIbrunL websILe commILLed Lo boLh In-depLh news reporLIng und IuII-LhrouLed
commenLurv, we do noL beIIeve LhuL usIng Lhe courL svsLem Lo sLIIIe or chIII Iree speech Is
ever upproprIuLe. n LhIs cuse, IL's especIuIIv shubbv: As u weII known pubIIc IIgure, Snvder
hus more Lhun umpIe ubIIILv und resources Lo respond Lo coveruge he does noL IIke,
IncIudIng Lhrough hIs sIgnIIIcunL pubIIc reIuLIons uppuruLus. esL Lhere be unv doubL, we
huve oIIered hIm u Iorum Lo do so In our puges, und LhuL InvILuLIon sLunds. ShouId he eIecL
Lo ucLuuIIv IIIe u IuwsuIL, we huve dIrecLed our counseI Lo deIend Lhe cuse vIgorousIv.
The City Paper has also included copies of all the correspondence they have received in this matter.
Like I said, it's all straight from the hack-lawyer playbook, including this gem from Washington
Redskins general counsel David Donovan: "The papers depiction on its cover of Mr. Snyder with
horns was anti-Semitic."
Yeah, well, I am reliably informed that Washington City Paper managing editor Mike Madden, who
has taken it upon himself to address this matter specifically, was bar mitzvahed in August of 1989.
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The Fix links to a dozen or so sports columns every day; these are the ones from the past month that have stayed with me even
as the sporting world moves on to its latest triumphs, tragedies, scandals and joys.
Sally Jenkins, Washington Post
When faced with a tightly controlled Olympics organized by a repressive country that snuffed dissent, Ms. Jenkins did what more
visiting journalists should have: She brought to life, vividly, the injustices behind the Beijing Games. The Fixer was an avid reader
and linker throughout. My favorite column persuasively argued that politics was inextricably part of these Olympics, despite what
organizers would have you think. And then she told the story of two Chinese men of the same name, one an athlete and one a
dissident, and both in their own ways victims of Chinas bid for global respectability through sport spectacle.
Rick Maese, Baltimore Sun
The other big story from Beijing Michael Phelpss record eight gold medals was somehow overcovered, because so many
reporters and columnists wrote the same thing. Mr. Maese went deeper, beginning his column after Mr. Phelpss sixth gold medal
at a card table, where the champion swimmer was staring down his grandmother in a cutthroat game of 500 Rummy. Like all
Olympic swimmers, Mr. Phelps has the physique and training to succeed. But he also has a boundless capacity for competitive
pursuits, even when nothing is on the line.
Dave McKenna, Washington City Paper
When reading Mr. McKennas latest verbal grenade lobbed at the Redskins regime of owner Dan Snyder, its hard to tell whether
Mr. Snyder really is that bad to fans, or whether Mr. McKenna is just that good at digging up stories and telling them with his
signature mix of irony and outrage. In this months entry, Mr. McKenna explores a theme all-too-familiar to Redskins fans: a
problem with the game experience isnt fixed, but instead exploited as an unlikely business opportunity. The latest insult: Being
asked to pay more to shorten waiting times for entrance.
Joe Posnanski, Kansas City Star
Mr. Posnanski a perennial Fix favorite whose selection to this list surely ranks just behind landing a Sports Illustrated gig on his
list of August achievements is hardly the first Olympics writer to take a look at synchronized diving and laugh. But what sets the
Olympics apart for Mr. Posnanski is what sets him apart for the Fix: No matter how goofy or weird the setting, you can always find
a good sports story. And so Mr. Posnanski does, from the teenage Brit more mature than his partner to the gold-medal winners
who are even in sync in their post-dive interviews.
Michael Weinreb, ESPN
This is the story this fall for every football fan whose frustration with his favorite team inspired an urge to tinker, to imagine a more-
exciting, more-productive offense than the unimaginative conventional formations. Its the story of the A-11 offense, invented in a
California high school and quickly copied. It involves two quarterbacks, a wave of eligible receivers and endless possibilities. Mr.
Weinreb isnt a football beat reporter, but hes written a book about chess and he has a keen eye for innovative personalities,
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Dan Snyder is being Dan Snyder:

There's no question Redskins owner Dan Snyder had a Iew problems with a cover story about him in
Washington's City Paper in November.

At the moment, in Iact, Snyder is Iighting mad. Snyder has obiected to the article that detailed some oI his
controversial actions as team owner and other reports about him in the weekly publication, and has threatened
legal action against the newspaper. He also is seeking the dismissal oI the article's author, staII writer Dave
McKenna.

Snyder took his complaints about the Nov. 19 article to Creative LoaIing Inc., the Tampa-based company that
owns City Paper and Iive other "alternative" papers around the country, and to CLI's parent, Atalaya Capital
Management, a New York-based hedge Iund. Atalaya bought CLI Ior $5 million in a bankruptcy proceeding in
August 2009.

Allow me to state my preiudices up Iront. :DVKLQJWRQ&LW\3DSHU is basically responsible Ior my career. I worked
with Dave McKenna, and I'm a Ian. He's a crotchety and penetrating sports writer with no interest in hanging
out athletes. In other words, he's exactly my kind oI writer.

With that said, I'd really like to know what, precisely, Snyder thinks is unIair. You can read the oIIending story
here. I loved it, and Iound it pretty well reported. Moreover, it was hilarious and made me sympathetic to Redskin
Ians.

There also should be no doubt about the exact nature oI Snyder's complaint:

City Paper, whose articles about Snyder included an unIlattering Nov. 19 cover story, released a letter Irom
Snyder's attorneys to Atalaya that suggested the company would be in Ior an expensive Iight iI it didn't accede
to Snyder's obiections.

"Mr. Snyder has more than suIIicient means to protect his reputation," said the Nov. 24 letter, which was
written by David Donovan, the Redskins' chieI operating oIIicer and general counsel, and posted on City
Paper's Web site Wednesday aIternoon. "We presume that deIending such litigation would not be a rational
strategy Ior an investment Iund such as yours. Indeed, the cost oI litigation would presumably quickly outstrip
the asset value oI the Washington City Paper."

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The Fix's Favorite Columnists From Our First Five Years
SPORTS AUGUST 9, 2006
By CARL BIALIK and JASON FRY
Over its five years, the Fix has linked to thousands of articles by hundreds of sportswriters. The roster includes college-
newspaper scribes as well as columnists world-wide. And turnover is fierce: Many columnists make a single appearance
when their local team makes headlines around the world.
But there are a few columnists who consistently rise above the rest with unique reporting, analysis and style -- and some
old-fashioned great writing. These are the men and women the Fix counts on for rescue on those dreariest of fall days,
when only the finest prose can enliven a midseason NHL report.
The Fixers have selected their 10 favorite columnists from the last 10 years. We're leaving them unranked and mostly
alphabetical, but we'll start with ESPN.com columnist Bill Simmons, the overwhelming choice of readers who wrote in to
nominate their favorites.
"I do not love the NBA, the Patriots, Red Sox or Larry Bird, but I love
reading his columns," wrote Dan Jones. Added Shawn DeMers, "Every
time I read one of Bill Simmons columns on Page 2 I think it is a
masterpiece."
1. Bill Simmons, ESPN.com: He's come a long way in our five years,
from the Boston Sports Guy to the master of Sports Guy's World, hirer
of interns and the columnist most identified with the nation's best-read
sports site. At his worst, Mr. Simmons can come off as bored or burnt
out -- feelings he confirmed in an interview with SI.com earlier this year
-- and sometimes his columns are too much old TV and not enough
sports. (An online widget that allows readers to mad-lib mock-Simmons
columns is eerily accurate.) But even then, he's reliably hilarious and
almost impossible to stop reading.
And he pioneered not one but two powerful ideas: that writing about
sports at the highest level doesn't mean having to surrender being the
kind of fan who lives and dies by the box score; and that sports can be
discussed as just one ingredient of a lively, cross-pollinated pop culture
that includes everything from music to old TV shows to ads. A million
bloggers are in Mr. Simmons's debt on both scores.
Finally, when a subject near and dear to Mr. Simmons's heart comes
Five Years of the Fix
Monday: The Biggest Stories
Tuesday: The Craziest Stories
Wednesday: The Fix's MVP Columnists
Thursday: Backstage at the Fix
Friday: The Fix That Never Was
Best Columns
You'll recognize some of our MVPs from the
Fixers' picks for the best columns of 2004 and
2005. And some of them will make this year's list;
check back in December.
Honorable Mention
Other columnists who are favorites of readers or
the Fixers:
J. A. Adande, Los Angeles Times
Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press
Simon Barnes, Times of London
Skip Bayless, ESPN.com
Kevin B. Blackistone, Dallas Morning News
Jim Caple, ESPN.com
Bud Collins, Boston Globe
Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati Enquirer
Lisa Dillman, Los Angeles Times
around, something like the New England Patriots' Super Bowl titles
(after they won in 2002, he wrote, "Now I can die in peace") or the 2004
Boston Red Sox championship, productivity may grind to a halt as his
readers hit refresh on ESPN.com, waiting for his column to publish.
First Fix appearance: A diary of the Arizona Diamondbacks' victory in
Game 7 of the 2001 World Series. "Some of you who have never
encountered Mr. Simmons will find you share his rather bent view of the
world," the Fix wrote then. "If so, you're in for a treat if you follow the
link to the archive to his other stories. But beware: He can be an
addiction."
2. Thomas Boswell, Washington Post: After 22 years at the Post, Mr.
Boswell remains our favorite baseball writer at any newspaper. Writing
on deadline, he turned in a valedictory column about the 2004 Red Sox
with allusions that reach to the heavens. Last year, for the first time in
his column-writing career, Mr. Boswell got a hometown team to
chronicle, and his joy upon the arrival of the Washington Nationals has
been infectious.
First Fix appearance: Just two weeks into the column's run, and in the
middle of an exciting baseball season, Mr. Boswell wrote about ... golf.
3. Jeff Jacobs, Hartford Courant: Too many columnists "report" by
watching ESPN, reading the newspaper and calling on their memories of
sports history. Not Mr. Jacobs, who goes to games, talks to overlooked
sports figures and crafts original stories with careful thought and an
engaging style. In 2003, Mr. Jacobs argued when a high-school football coach's well-intentioned act cost him his job. The
next year, he was there to celebrate when an official's poor decision provoked a noble act at a high-school swim meet in
2004. Last year, Mr. Jacobs was sidelined by quadruple-bypass surgery, but he has returned with impressive energy.
First Fix appearance: In November 2001, writing on UConn men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun, his brother Bill, and
their father who died too young.
4. Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle: Grand Slam tennis tournaments create a pack mentality among
sportswriters, who focus on the same predictable storylines. But Mr. Jenkins manages to break away from the pack with
his unique take on the sport's most-notable figures. Two years ago, Mr. Jenkins profiled Roger Federer, "the quiet genius
of Wimbledon," by focusing on the Swiss star's love for his cow. And last year, the match of the U.S. Open, between
Andre Agassi and James Blake, was captured best by Mr. Jenkins's deadline prose.
First Fix appearance: Appropriately, a match report about the 2001 U.S. Open quarterfinal meeting of Pete Sampras and
Andre Agassi in which neither man broke the other's serve and four tiebreakers were contested.
5. Gwen Knapp, San Francisco Chronicle: Along with fellow Fix honorees Jenkins, Ratto and Scott Ostler, Ms. Knapp
rounds out the nation's deepest bench of sportswriting talent. She excels at engaging her topics deeply, and addressing
uncomfortable truths without discomfort. She has criticized herself and her fellow Bay Area sports scribes for going easy
on the unfolding steroids scandal. In December 2004, she noted that Barry Bonds was getting a lighter touch than Jason
Giambi was receiving in New York, perhaps because Bonds was more productive at the time. (Those roles have reversed
since then.) Earlier that year, Ms. Knapp attended the memorial service for NFL player-turned-war victim Pat Tillman,
and discovered a life worth remembering for much more complexity than merely being a "pure and simple hero."
Wayne Drehs, ESPN.com
Kevin Paul DuPont, Boston Globe
Martin Fennelly, Tampa Tribune
Bob Ford, Philadelphia Inquirer
Peter Gammons, ESPN.com (get well!)
Brian Gunn, Redbird Nation
Sally Jenkins, Washington Post
Ann Killion, San Jose Mercury News
Peter King, SI.com
Bob Klapisch, The Record
Tony Kornheiser, Washington Post
Bob Kravitz, Indianapolis Star
Dan Le Batard, Miami Herald
Michael Lewis, New York Times Magazine
Paul Lukas, ESPN.com
Bill Lyons, Philadelphia Inquirer
Jackie MacMullen, Boston Globe
John McClain, Houston Chronicle
Brian Murphy, ESPN.com
Lisa Olson, New York Daily News
Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle
Woody Paige, ESPN.com
Terry Pluto, Akron Beacon Journal
Michael Rosenberg, Detroit Free Press
Rick Reilly, Sports Illustrated
Drew Sharp, Detroit Free Press
Phil Sheridan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Michael Smith, ESPN.com
Mike Vaccaro, New York Post
Tom Verducci, SI.com
Ailene Voisin, Sacramento Bee
Michael Wilbon, Washington Post
First Fix appearance: In August 2001 -- back before BALCO, No. 73 and No. 715 -- Barry Bonds merely was trying to stay
ahead of teammate Rich Aurilia in the MVP race.
6. James Lawton, The Independent: When the world's attention turns to soccer, the Fixers turn to the U.K. for the best
English-language coverage. Mr. Lawton is our favorite read because he brings great passion to every column. In 2003, as
the race to sign David Beckham was on, Mr. Lawton wrote, "we need to say his fame -- if we want to be serious for a
minute -- has been built on a lie. It is a great big whopping lie." No one wrote more movingly about Greece's stunning
victory at the 2004 Euro Cup. And last year, Mr. Lawton was amusingly over-the-top in describing the day on which
American Malcolm Glazer purchased purchase Manchester United as the "the blackest one in the history of English
football."
First Fix appearance: Ahead of Brazil's quarterfinal World Cup match against England in 2002, Mr. Lawton wrote that
Ronaldo was eyeing redemption. Ronaldo scored all three of Brazil's goals in their semifinal and final victories.
7. Dave McKenna, Washington City Paper: Mr. McKenna writes for a weekly paper, which lowers his frequency but
grants him more space to write and to think things out. He uses those advantages so well that just about every one of his
columns is Fixworthy, even though many of them are intensely local in a city that hasn't had many sports successes in the
last five years. In 2003, Mr. McKenna told the story of local hoops prodigy Kendall Marshall, who weighed 82 pounds,
was 11 years old, and was already being hyped as the next LeBron James (back when Mr. James was a high-school player,
not one of the NBA's best players). Mr. Marshall, incidentally, is now six feet and hit six consecutive three-points at a
recent youth tournament. And last year, Mr. McKenna profiled a local businessman who inserted himself, Zelig-like, into
a Washington Nationals press conference to ask a pointed question about steroids.
First Fix appearance: In November 2001, Mr. McKenna explored why so few place kickers are black.
8. Joe Posnanski, Kansas City Star: Mr. Posnanski combines several virtues: clean writing; a knack for getting subjects
to open up to him; and refreshing optimism. In 2002, he described weekly chess matches he played against Chiefs
running back Priest Holmes, and what they demonstrated about his approach to football. And in 2004, defying all logic,
he predicted in good humor that the Royals would make it to the World Series.
First Fix appearance: When the Royals fired manager Tony Muser in the first month of the 2002 baseball season, Mr.
Posnanski explained that Mr. Muser simply had lost too many games. The Royals would go on to lose 100 games that
year, 104 in 2004, 106 last year -- and set a pace of 107 losses so far this year, perhaps redefining how many losses is too
many.
9. Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle/ESPN.com: A reliable cynic has been a welcome fixture on any sports page
during the last five years of failed drug tests and boorish player behavior. The Bay Area has had more than its fair share
of both types of badness, and Mr. Ratto has delighted in all the material. And man, can he write! In 2004, when Terrell
Owens was on his way from the 49ers to the Eagles, Mr. Ratto wrote of the Philadelphia-T.O. tie-up, "This marriage
comes straight from Satan's left-hand suit pocket, and it will end very, very badly." And earlier this year, Mr. Ratto
explained why the allegations that Barry Bonds used steroids could never be wrapped up tidily.
First Fix appearance: Mr. Ratto questioned whether Mark McGwire really intended to retire when he announced as
much in 2001. (Four years later, Ratto questioned whether McGwire's fumbled testimony before a Congressional panel
on steroids would imperil his Hall of Fame chances.)
10. Adrian Wojnarowski, The Record/ESPN.com: The New York area may have more columnists, per team, than any
other metro area, and too many voices become too shrill to stand out. Mr. Wojnarowski manages to cover the major
teams in original, thoughtful ways from his perch across the Hudson River. In 2002, when both resident teams of nearby
Giants Stadium had Super Bowl hopes, Mr. Wojnarowski chronicled "the best of times for the beleaguered New York
football faithful." And the following year, when Todd MacCulloch was forced to retire from the NBA because of a
neuromuscular degenerative disorder, Mr. Wojnarowski chased down stories from Nets teammates and friends about the
beloved center.
First Fix appearance: After Rich Beem improbably won the 2002 PGA Championship, Mr. Wojnarowski offered some
commentary from Papa Beem. The column had more staying power than did Mr. Beem, who has won just one more
tournament -- in 2003.
Tomorrow: Backstage at the Fix.
We've reserved the whole week for some cheerful navel-gazing to celebrate our fifth anniversary. Thanks to everybody
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In the past couple oI days, we have received inquiries about a threat oI litigation by Redskins owner Dan Snyder
relating to a Nov. 19, 2010 article, 'The Cranky Redskin Fan`s Guide to Dan Snyder, by columnist Dave
McKenna. While we did not hear directly Irom Snyder, Redskins General Counsel David Donovan complained
about that article and others in a letter to Atalaya Capital Management, an investment company that owns Creative
LoaIing, Inc., the parent company oI Washington Citv Paper.
AIter identiIying certain items that Snyder contends were incorrect, the letter to Atalaya accused Citv Paper and
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presumably quickly outstrip the asset value oI the Washington Citv Paper, the letter read.
Atalaya responded on its behalI and then reIerred Donovan`s letter to us, since the investment Iund owners are not
involved in the news we publish or our editorial decision making. We reviewed the complaints careIully, as we
would with a suggestion by anyone that we had gotten something wrong. We believe we have the Iacts right.
Nevertheless, we have oIIered Snyder the opportunity to publish a guest column responding to the article, we
proposed that he meet with our editor to discuss his concerns, and we invited him to provide inIormation
demonstrating that what we published was Ialse. II we were to conclude we got something wrong, we would correct
it. We also emphatically reiect the suggestion that we stop reporting on Snyder or that we pull McKenna, who has
written Ior Citv Paper since 1986, Irom reporting on Snyder and/or the Redskins.
The only response to our oIIer was a letter earlier this week Irom Patty Glaser, a prominent Hollywood lawyer,
demanding that certain documents be retained Ior litigation. We have reIerred that letter to our longtime media
counsel, Seth Berlin, at Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz. Although we had not reported on this while waiting Ior a
response Irom Snyder, we do so now.
It`s extremely unIortunate that Snyder believes that it is appropriate to threaten Citv Paper with litigation because
he obiects to our coverage. As a 30-year old newspaper and vibrant website committed to both in-depth news
reporting and Iull-throated commentary, we do not believe that using the court system to stiIle or chill Iree speech is
ever appropriate. In this case, it`s especially shabby: As a well known public Iigure, Snyder has more than ample
ability and resources to respond to coverage he does not like, including through his signiIicant public relations
apparatus. Lest there be any doubt, we have oIIered him a Iorum to do so in our pages, and that invitation stands.
Should he elect to actually Iile a lawsuit, we have directed our counsel to deIend the case vigorously.
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understand the protections oI the First Amendment. And we`ve seen support Irom Redskins Ians. More than 600
supporters have given checks, most oI them Ior iust $20, to ring up more than $28,000 to a legal deIense Iund we
set up to help us Iight the suit. Generally, we`re thankIul Ior the attention this media Iirestorm brought to us, though
we wish it didn`t take a lawsuit to make it happen.
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Snyder`s litigators, and ours, are about to spend signiIicant time and money battling over a series oI legal
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some trees between his house and the Potomac River. That`s simply not the case. Using the sort oI hyperbole
known to great columnists the world around, McKenna writes that Snyder 'made a great view oI the Potomac River
Ior himselI by going all Agent Orange on Iederally protected lands. In our view, no one could read that to mean
that Snyder, or anyone else, deployed a carcinogenic military chemical right next to his own property. Indeed, the
piece goes on to say Snyder 'cut down trees. An inspector general`s report subsequently blamed a top parks
oIIicial Ior intervening to give Snyder a green light. But what`s undisputed is that Snyder arranged to cut down 130
trees on park service land.
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we have no reason to believe he personally did any such thingand our story never says he did. What it says, and
what is true, is that Snyder Communications was Iined $3.1 million by the Florida attorney general Ior 'slamming
customers, including thousands oI cases oI Iorgery. For the record, the Iine was paid aIter Dan Snyder sold the
company and without any admission oI liability. But the settlement resolved claims that happened during Snyder`s
ownership. We remain baIIled that anyone could read McKenna`s piece and imagine that a billionaire
telecommunications CEO was personally on the phone talking customers into switching long distance carriers, or
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NFL`s national breast cancer spokeswoman. Nor did Mrs. Snyder mention breast cancer even once in the interview
McKenna quoted. In the legal complaint and in subsequent public comments, Snyder has accused &LW\3DSHU oI
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zealous about press accounts that slight beloved Iamily members. I have my own incredible Iamily who are
vulnerable to hate-Iilled labels, and make no apologies Ior being an aggressive watchdog against anyone who
would insult them. But in this case, we did nothing oI the sort.
Lest there be any doubt, no one`s ever said or meant that Snyder personally engaged in any Iorgery or that he
sprayed Agent Orange on or near his property. And oI course neither &LW\3DSHU nor anyone else has a problem
with Tanya Snyder`s admirable eIIorts to bring awareness to breast cancer. Fortunately, the public and press
commentary show that readers get all oI this. We have no doubt that a court will too.
But at the end oI the day, it shouldn`t have to come to that. We have a city to cover. Dan Snyder has a Iootball team
to run. One thing I`ve been struck by during my conversations with readers these past Iew weeks is how much
people want&LW\3DSHU to continue its Iiercely independent role in our communityand how much those same
people want the Redskins to build a successIul team. In a city divided by race and class and identity, the team, even
now, retains a unique ability to make the District proud and bring people together. Another Super Bowl
championship wouldn`t solve all oI D.C.`s troubles, but it would be a moment oI tremendous ioy and unity. By
contrast, a lawsuit pitting a billionaire NFL owner against :DVKLQJWRQ&LW\3DSHU is a distraction.
During these last Iew weeks, I have thought a lot about what kind oI institution we at &LW\3DSHU want to be and
who we are. I`ve reIlected on what it means to us to be iournalists: how to evaluate whether we have it right: and
how to stand up Ior ourselves. I have renewed excitement about the incredible First Amendment protections we
have in this country, and our role in Iighting to keep them strong. I am proud oI what we do and stand by the things
we print. Just as Snyder has his complaints about &LW\3DSHU, I take umbrage at Snyder and his people calling us
liars, bigots, insensitive to breast cancerand, worst oI all, bad iournalists.
Mr. Snyder, in all the public uproar about your suit, what people seem to be saying is that iust as we plan to
continue Iocusing on putting out relevant iournalism each weekthey want you to Iocus Ior as long as you own the
Redskins on the stewardship oI the team, an institution that is much older and admittedly much more prominent
than ours. The last three weeks have reminded me that the region is Iilled with Ians who want to see the Redskins
build a winning team, coaching staII, and organization. They want you to bring the generosity oI spirit your lawyers
described in reciting your charitable activities to everyday interactions with players, Ians, and ticket holders. They
want you to concentrate on the greatness oI the business at hand.
We at &LW\3DSHU will survive this, and in all likelihood will come out stronger on the other end. In Iact, we`re
conIident we`ll triumph in court. I would suggest that your Ians, and ours, would have been better served iI we each
Iocused on our real workin the newspaper and on the Iield, not in the courtroom.

Amy Austin
Publisher, Washington City Paper

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On Tuesduv um reIIIIng mv IuwsuIL uguInsL WushIngLon CILv Puper, u LubIoId puper LhuL
pubIIshed IuIse und reckIess churges ubouL me In November zo1o. The cuse needed Lo be
reIIIed In WushIngLon, noL New York, Ior IeguI reusons; Lhe resL oI Lhe compIuInL Is
essenLIuIIv Lhe sume.
expecL Lo be crILIcIzed once uguIn Ior pursuIng LhIs IuwsuIL. orIgInuIIv IIIed IL Ior one
reuson: The puper reIused Lo Issue un upoIogv und reLrucL IuIse und dumugIng uLLucks on mv
InLegrILv. I IL hud done so, Lhere wouId huve been no IuwsuIL.
or more Lhun eIghL monLhs, Lhe sume
wrILer uL LhIs LubIoId bIogged or wroLe ubouL
me. n producIng more Lhun == pIeces, onIv
Lhree LImes dId LhIs purLIcuIur wrILer boLher
Lo cuII mv sLuII Lo check IucLs. The reporLers
oI The PosL und oLher pupers know LhuL mv
communIcuLIons udvIser, Tonv WvIIIe, Is
uvuIIubIe zq-; Lo respond Lo quesLIons ubouL
me und Lhe WushIngLon RedskIns. ThIs
wrILer, however, chose noL Lo cuII Lo check
Lhe IucLs beIore he wroLe un urLIcIe IusL
November LhuL conLuIned so munv IuIse
usserLIons.
um Lhe son oI u UnIversILv oI MIssourI
SchooI oI JournuIIsm gruduuLe whose
proIessIonuI pedIgree IncIudes workIng uL
UnILed Press nLernuLIonuI und NuLIonuI
GeogruphIc. um proud oI LhuL Iegucv Irom
mv dud und undersLund Lhe journuIIsL`s
perspecLIve und chuIIenges.
um noL LhIn-skInned ubouL personuI
crILIcIsm. consIder mvseII verv IorLunuLe Lo
own Lhe RedskIns. CrILIcIsm comes wILh Lhe
LerrILorv und respecL IL. huve never sued peopIe who pubIIsh crILIcuI opInIons oI me, nor
huve prevIousIv sued unv news orgunIzuLIon.

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undersLund Lhe unger peopIe IeeI Lowurd me when Lhe RedskIns huve u IosIng seuson or
when we sIgn u veLerun pIuver who does noL meeL expecLuLIons. huve been u RedskIns Iun
uII mv IIIe, und geL ungrv, Loo, IncIudIng uL mvseII. um Lhe IIrsL Lo udmIL LhuL `ve mude
mIsLukes us un owner. hope `ve Ieurned Irom Lhem. AII wunL Is Ior Lhe RedskIns Lo wIn!
BuL uIso hope LhuL peopIe undersLund whv someLImes, especIuIIv In Lhe uge oI Lhe nLerneL,
when un unreLrucLed IIe cun IIve Iorever, vou huve Lo druw Lhe IIne. honor vIgorous Iree
expressIon In Lhe medIu. BuL even u pubIIc IIgure cun sue Ior deIumuLIon when u LubIoId
puper pubIIshes u hurmIuI usserLIon oI u IucL, noL un opInIon, LhuL IL knows Lo be IuIse or
reckIessIv dIsregurds Lhe LruLh.
ThuL Is exucLIv whuL LhIs wrILer und CILv Puper dId. Among munv exumpIes In Lhe November
zo1o urLIcIe, Lhe mosL egregIous wus when Lhe urLIcIe sLuLed: ThIs Is Lhe sume Dun Snvder
who goL cuughL IorgIng numes us u LeIemurkeLer Ior Snvder CommunIcuLIons. ThuL Is u cIeur
IucLuuI usserLIon LhuL um guIILv oI Iorgerv, u serIous crIme LhuL goes dIrecLIv Lo Lhe heurL oI
mv repuLuLIon - us u busInessmun, murkeLer und enLrepreneur. L Is IuIse.
RemurkubIv, severuI weeks uILer IIIed Lhe IuwsuIL, Lhe pubIIsher wroLe In WushIngLon CILv
Puper LhuL she wus buIIIed LhuL unvone couId reud Lhe urLIcIe und beIIeve LhuL hud been
uccused oI personuIIv engugIng In Iorgerv. n IucL, she wroLe, we huve no reuson Lo beIIeve
he personuIIv dId unv such LhIng - und our sLorv never suvs he dId.
WeII, um buIIIed, Loo, sInce personuIIv engugIng In Iorgerv Is precIseIv whuL Lhe puper
expIIcILIv suId hud been cuughL doIng. I Lhe pubIIsher hus no reuson Lo beIIeve LhuL
Dun Snvder goL cuughL IorgIng numes, Lhen whv noL reLrucL Lhe words LhuL expIIcILIv suId
wus u Iorger und sImpIv upoIogIze?
eL`s be cIeur whuL LhIs IuwsuIL Is noL ubouL. L Is noL ubouL monev. huve uIreudv pubIIcIv
commILLed Lo donuLe unv IInuncIuI dumuges wIn Lo heIp Lhe homeIess. Nor dId or unv oI
mv represenLuLIves usk Ior Lhe LubIoId wrILer Lo be IIred, despILe pubIIshed reporLs Lo Lhe
conLrurv.
The Iurge Ior-proIIL corporuLIon LhuL owns WushIngLon CILv Puper couId huve checked Lhe
pubIIc IucLs und done Lhe rIghL LhIng: requIred ILs puper Lo reLrucL Lhe IuIse churges und
upoIogIze. Hud Lhev done so when IIIed Lhe IuwsuIL, wouId huve ImmedIuLeIv wILhdruwn
Lhe cuse. I CILv Puper In Lhe nexL severuI duvs reLrucLs Lhe IuIse sLuLemenLs cILed In mv
IuwsuIL und upoIogIzes, um sLIII wIIIIng Lo wILhdruw Lhe cuse.
SImpIv puL, LhIs IuwsuIL Is ubouL Lhe LruLh - und Lhe need Lo correcL Lhe record, even when
vou ure u pubIIc IIgure, when vour churucLer und InLegrILv ure IuIseIv und reckIessIv uLLucked.
ThIs Is Lhe cuse wheLher vou ure u pubIIc IIgure or u prIvuLe cILIzen. NoLhIng more und
noLhIng Iess.
Enough Is enough.
The wrILer Is owner oI Lhe WushIngLon RedskIns.

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By Jason Reid
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011; 12:00 AM
AIter Iour years oI Iocusing on the Washington
Redskins, I planned to explore other topics in this space
Ior a while. At least my "Iirst Iour" columns should go
in a diIIerent direction, Mike Wilbon strongly suggested,
and he knows a little something about the iob.
But aIter Redskins owner Daniel Snyder Iiled a libel
lawsuit against the Washington City Paper last week,
suddenly the Redskins seem like a good place to start.
The lawsuit, Iiled during Super Bowl week, typiIies the
kind oI selI-inIlicted public relations crises that have
characterized Snyder's 12-year tenure as owner. But
what's worse is that, in one step that has nothing to do
with Iootball, Snyder has undone whatever goodwill he
may have earned since hiring General Manager Bruce
Allen and Coach Mike Shanahan more than a year ago.
Most oI the Ians who buy tickets and ierseys and
concessions couldn't care less about the details oI libel
law. What should concern them is that the organization
continues to put itselI in a negative light through bad iudgment even aIter Snyder turned the
Iootball operations over to Shanahan last January.
Shanahan himselI created PR problems with his awkward handling oI
quarterback Donovan McNabb, whom he traded Ior in April only to bench by December. The
team's third consecutive last-place Iinish in the NFC East, albeit its Iirst under Shanahan, did
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Then last week, on the advice oI his senior
vice president, Tony Wyllie, Snyder gave
Ians a new topic to vent about on sports-talk
radio and Internet message boards. The
Redskins still can't get it together on or oII
the Iield no matter whom Snyder brings in to
help him.
As a general PR rule, it's never a good idea to
bring widespread attention to something you
would preIer did not receive widespread
attention. The article in question, "The
Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan
Snyder," generated little buzz when it was
published in November in the alternative
weekly City Paper, which has a weekly
circulation oI less than 74,000. But thanks to a lawsuit Iiled during Super Bowl week,
Internet interest in the City Paper has increased so much that its server reportedly crashed last
week.
Snyder, Wyllie, and the team's chieI operating oIIicer Dave Donovan contend the City Paper
has repeatedly published Ialsehoods about Snyder, and the story in question was the Iinal
straw, prompting Wyllie to suggest Snyder should go to the mattresses.
"I hate to see Dan have to take legal action," Wyllie said. "But when people cross the line and
attack someone, and question their character . . . you have to stand Ior what's right."
Although the City Paper has a relatively small reach circulation-wise, Wyllie said, its content
carries weight because it spreads on the Internet. It's true that the story had some readership
back in November, but "one oI the things that you need to take into account when you're
making a decision to go aIter a newspaper, or any media entity, is how much impact do they
really have," said Blake Rhodes, a vice president with Xenophon Strategies, a District-based
communications Iirm specializing in, among other things, crisis communications.
"And the people you're looking at, are they out in the middle oI the Iorest screaming and no
one can hear them? Or are they in the middle oI downtown and everyone on every street
corner can hear them? They |the City Paper| are sort oI out in the middle oI the Iorest. And
you know what? He |Snyder| has handed them a megaphone so everyone can hear them
now."
The Redskins want it made clear the team is not suing the City Paper. Snyder is suing as an
individual, which, obviously, is his right. To be sure, there is a distinction.
As the owner oI the region's most popular sports Iranchise, however, Snyder's public persona
is linked, in large part, to the Redskins. For better or worse, Snyder is the Redskins and the
Redskins are Snyder. Such is liIe Ior a Iormerly hands-on owner oI the NFL's second-highest
valued Iranchise on the most recent Forbes magazine list. For the Redskins to suggest
otherwise is silly.
AIter the Redskins' chaotic 2009 season, Snyder aggressively pursued Wyllie to help improve
his image, and together, they had made modest progress over the past year. On Wyllie's
advice, Snyder granted more interviews than he had in recent years, and by distancing
himselI Irom the day-to-day Iootball operations, perceptions oI him remained largely
unaIIected by the McNabb and Albert Haynesworth controversies.
Even once the lawsuit became public, Snyder participated in many interviews with print,
television and radio outlets beIore the Super Bowl in Dallas, discussing a wide range oI
topics, including the suit. During those interviews, Snyder made the highly unusual move oI
revealing Wyllie was the Iorce behind the legal action.
Snyder rarely singles out individuals in response to reporters' questions, preIerring to reply in
umbrella terms like, "it was an organizational decision." In a phone interview Saturday,
Snyder again stressed Wyllie "Ielt very strongly about this . . . and I went with his advice. It
was a tough decision Ior me to agree and go along with this. He said, 'Look, you're going to
take a lot oI heat temporarily, but you've got to do what's right.' And I said, 'Okay.' I went
with my guy."
Wyllie is one oI the NFL's most accomplished PR oIIicials. He was the league's youngest
director when he ioined the Tennessee Oilers in 1998. Wyllie and his staII earned the Pete
Rozelle Award, presented annually by the Pro Football Writers oI America to the league's top



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Redskins say City Paper lawsuit was a warning to
the media
By Dan Steinberg
When Dan Snyder was asked during Super Bowl week why he elected to
sue Washington City Paper, he said he was following the
recommendation of the Redskins new PR man, Tony Wyllie. And when
Wyllie, a senior vice president with the organization, was asked about the
lawsuit during an Ethics in Sports Media panel at the University of
Maryland journalism school Wednesday night, he had an interesting
response.
Some people ask, Well, are you firing a warning shot to other members
of the media? And Id probably say yes, he said, according to a live blog
moderated by a Maryland professor. (And I've listened to the audio to verify all
these quotes.) Wyllie added: Were not trying to be bullies, as someone
depicted us as. Basically its just about writing the truth. Were not trying
to make anyone afraid; we just want people to do whats right. Meaning
you write the truth. Period.
Later in the discussion, Wyllie said City Paper writer Dave McKenna had
been evil and meantoward Snyder, and that at some point you have to
throw your hands in the air and say enough is enough. Wyllie also
compared Snyder to truth-seeking Egyptian protestors.
All we wanted was the truth, the same thing that occurred up in Egypt
where people were trying to find one thing -- people getting hurt and beat
up to find one thing -- the truth, Wyllie said. And thats what this is all
about.
Wyllie also spoke about Snyders desire to protect his wife, Tanya, who
was briefly mentioned in the City Paper piece.
Im looking at the ladies in this audience: some day youll get married, if
youre not married, and your husband will fight for your honor, Wyllie
said. If someone does something to hurt you , [he] will stand up and
fight. I mean, Im being honest....Dan felt that he had to stand up for his
name and his reputation and for his wife. Theyre all things that he
considered.
Washington Post sports editor Matt Vita, who was also on the panel, said
the lawsuit really doesnt affect us at all and would not change The
Posts coverage of the team.
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Earlier this week, Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder made news when he shifted the venue of
his lawsuit against the Washington City Paper and writer Dave McKenna (who penned "The Cranky
Redskins Fan's Guide To Dan Snyder") from New York to D.C. Superior Court. Snyder went on to
write an editorial for the Washington Post, reminding everyone that he was bent on pursuing this
matter, at the encouragement of his new flack, Tony Wyllie.
Well, yesterday, Wyllie appeared on an "Ethics in Sports Media" panel at Philip Merrill College, and
based on what I've been able to put together from the liveblog of the event (courtesy of Sean
Mussenden, Patrick Quinn, Alexander Pyles and Andy Marso) and the write-up that Washington Post
sports super-blogger Dan Steinberg did of the event, the only conclusion I can reach is that Tony
Wyllie is utterly bonkers.
For starters, Wyllie apparently openly admitted that the lawsuit was designed to intimidate the media
into more favorable coverage. Per Mussenden, Wyllie said: "Some people ask, are you firing a
warning shot at other members of the media, and I'd say yes."
This was a really stupid thing to have done, because it's tantamount to saying, "We intend to file a
strategic lawsuit against public participation," or SLAPP lawsuit. Courts are starting to take a dim
view of such suits, which are solely designed to intimidate or exhaust defendants in stupid cases that
the plaintiffs aren't even trying to win. The Washington City Paper should take note of this, and learn
about D.C.'s "Anti-SLAPP Act of 2010," which provides "a special motion for the quick and efficient
dismissal of strategic lawsuits against public participation, to stay proceedings until the motion is
considered, to provide a motion to quash attempts to seek personally identifying information; and to
award the costs of litigation to the successful party on a special motion."
Wyllie's co-panelist Diana Huffman, of Merrill College, apparently alluded to this almost immediately,
telling Wyllie (per Marso), "As public figure, hard for Snyder to win his lawsuit, even if City Paper's
writings were false -- legal standard prevents chilling effect of Snyder's 'warning shot.'" That's when
Wyllie walked back his remark, saying "we're not trying to be bullies...we're not trying to make
anyone afraid." (But that's exactly what "warning shots" do.)
Beyond the legal ramifications of the discussion, Tony Wyllie is just straight up out of his mind. Per
Steinberg:
Elsewhere in the discussion, according to the school, Wyllie compared Snyder to truth-
seeking Egyptian protestors and called City Paper writer Dave McKenna evil and mean.
Yes, Dave McKenna is just like evil and mean old Hosni Mubarak.
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WASHINGTON - Redskins Owner Dan Snyder says he'll drop his lawsuit against the Washington City Paper, if he gets an apology and a retraction of false
statements within the next few days.
Snyder plans to refile his suit in a D.C. court Tuesday. The suit, previously filed in New York, claims the paper published false and reckless claims about
Snyder.
Snyder's attorney Patty Glaser tells WTOP Snyder is taking this position: "It is not OK to lie about me."
Snyder admits making mistakes as the owner of the Redskins. He admits getting angry when his team loses. He says he can take that criticism, but won't
stand false attacks on his integrity.
Glaser says the paper failed to check its facts.She says The Washington Post checked the facts with respect to cutting down trees protected by the National
Park Service, and The Wall Street Journal did with respect to Snyder's status on the Board of Directors at Six Flags.
"They checked their facts and got it right," Glasser said.
In a Washington Post Op Ed explaining why he's keeping the suit alive, Snyder details one example of what he calls false and damaging attacks on his integrity. It involves claims he forged names
as a telemarketer for Snyder Communications.
"Nobody even began to suggest that was true. Simple fact checking would have demonstrated that's not even remotely accurate," Glasser said.
Washington City Paper Publisher Amy Austin tells WTOP, "It's a frivolous suit. We stand behind our story and our reporter."
What do you think? Dan Snyder says he only wants an apology and that he is not thin-skinned. Do you believe him? Let us know using the hashtag #SnyderWTOP on Twitter, leaving a
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HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder refiled a defamation lawsuit against the
Washington City Paper on Tuesday, marking a change in strategy by the billionaire businessman.
Snyder initially filed the complaint in New York state court in February, naming the owner of the alternative
weekly newspaper, New York City-based Atalaya Capital Management, as a defendant.
The new complaint, filed in D.C Superior Court, drops Atalaya and adds columnist Dave McKenna, the author of a
biting Nov. 19 cover story, "The Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," that prompted the lawsuit. The $1
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million lawsuit also names the Washington City Paper and its Tampa, Fla.-based publisher, Creative Loafing Inc.
Editor Michael Schaffer said Tuesday that the City Paper stands by McKenna and his article.
"We had a good, solid story and we will defend it vigorously," Schaffer said.
Snyder's new complaint tones down the previous version's rhetoric about anti-Semitism and McKenna's supposed
lack of respect for Snyder's wife to focus on three alleged falsehoods in the article. Chief among Snyder's revised
complaints is his dispute with a statement in the third paragraph that Snyder "got caught forging names as a
telemarketer with Snyder Communications," a marketing company Snyder owned.
The basis for the statement appears in the 67th paragraph: Snyder Communications was fined by Florida authorities
in 2001 for having its workers forge people's signatures to switch their long-distance service without permission to
GTE, a Verizon brand. Under a settlement announced by the Florida attorney general, Snyder and Verizon together
paid $2.5 million, and Verizon paid another $600,000.
Snyder's attorneys said in a conference call with reporters that the article libeled Snyder by stating that he
personally committed forgery.
"There is a difference between calling somebody a criminal personally and saying that he owned a company," said
Lanny Davis, a former special counsel to President Bill Clinton who said he has been friends with Snyder for 15
years.
Lead attorney Patty Glaser said City Paper Publisher Amy Austin acknowledged the falsehood in a Feb. 23 open
letter to readers. Regarding the forgery, Austin wrote, "In fact, we have no reason to believe he personally did any
such thing -- and our story never says he did."
Schaffer, the City Paper editor, said Tuesday that the story didn't say Snyder personally committed forgery.
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"I don't think that any reasonable person can imagine that the CEO of a multimillion-dollar or billion-dollar or
enormous public corporation is engaging in the frontline work of telemarketers," Schaffer said. "If you read the
entire story, it makes it very clear."
The article, accompanied by a photo of Snyder, with a devil's horns and mustache drawn onto it, provided an A-to-
Z guide of what the publication described as Snyder's "many failings."
Since Snyder bought the Redskins more than a decade ago, he has turned it into one of the NFL's most valuable
franchises but has also been a target of fans and sports columnists for the team's on-field struggles and free-agent
busts as well as his leadership style.
In a letter published by The Washington Post Tuesday, Snyder explained that he was refiling the suit because the
paper "refused to issue an apology and retract false and damaging attacks on my integrity."
"If it had done so, there would have been no lawsuit," said Snyder, who says he would donate any award to the
homeless.
Snyder also noted in the letter that his late father worked as a journalist, that he is "not thin-skinned about personal
criticism," and considers himself fortunate to be the team's owner.
"I understand the anger people feel toward me when the Redskins have a losing season or when we sign a veteran
player who does not meet expectations," Snyder wrote. "I have been a Redskins fan all my life, and I get angry, too,
including at myself. I am the first to admit that I've made mistakes as an owner. I hope I've learned from them. All I
want is for the Redskins to win!"

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By Paul Farhi, Published: April 26
Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder moved his defamation lawsuit against
Washington City Paper from New York to a District court Tuesday, and added the author of
the sharply critical article at the heart of the suit as a defendant.
Snyder is seeking $1 million in damages, plus unspecified punitive damages against the
weekly newspaper and its immediate owner, Creative Loafing Inc. of Florida. The suit,
originally filed in February, stems from City Papers publication of a November article, The
Cranky Redskins Fans Guide to Dan Snyder, by Dave McKenna.
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hedge fund that owns Creative Loafing and
City Paper, as a defendant, and added
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Snyders lead lawyer, Patty Glaser, said at a
morning news conference that the suit was
originally filed in New York because Atalaya
is headquartered there. However, she said,
Were satisfied that [Atalaya] had nothing
to do with the defamatory comments in the
article. A District court would also have
jurisdiction over McKenna.
In addition to changing venues, Snyder and
his legal team appear to be emphasizing
different elements of their case against the
publication.
In his original legal complaint and
subsequent interviews, Snyder expressed
outrage over a photo illustration that ran
with the story depicting him as a devil-like
character an image he said was anti-
Semitic. He also alleged that the story
demeaned his wife, Tanyas, efforts to raise
awareness of breast cancer as a
spokeswoman for the NFL. Tanya Snyder is
a breast-cancer survivor.
But in an op-ed column in Tuesdays
Washington Post, the Redskins owner made
no mention of his wife or the illustration.
Instead, he objected to the articles
characterization of him as a dishonest businessman who, among other things, got caught
forging names as a telemarketer when he ran Snyder Communications, the company he
sold before taking over the Redskins.
Snyder wrote in The Post that such an assertion goes directly to the heart of my reputation
as a businessman, marketer and entrepreneur. It is false.
Snyder Communications was among a group of companies that paid $3.1 million to the state
of Florida to settle allegations that it switched long-distance phone accounts without
customers knowledge in 2001, according to a news release issued by the Florida attorney
generals office at the time. The companies admitted no wrongdoing.
Snyders rewritten legal complaint, too, plays down the anti-Semitic allegations and stresses
that he was held up to false, malicious and defamatory statements as a businessman. In his
old complaint, for example, anti-Semitism is mentioned in the first paragraph. In the new
one, it does not appear until the ninth paragraph.
Glaser called the telemarketing allegation reckless during a teleconference with reporters.
She also rebutted other claims in the City Paper article that Snyder was kicked off the
board of Six Flags Inc. and that he cut down trees on National Park Service land adjacent to
his home in Potomac without permission but she did not raise the cartoon or Tanya
Snyder.
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his lawsuit against City Paper's parent company, Atalaya
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damages plus unspecified punitive damages and court
costs, alleging the City Paper and writer Dave McKenna
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Snyders chances of winning the suit in Washington depended on how the Redskins do this
year.
As a legal matter, Snyder may be on somewhat firmer ground demonstrating that McKenna
and City Paper made reckless statements that damaged Snyders business reputation, said
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over an offensive ad parody, has held that publications arent liable for damages when a
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never going to win arguing that you were insulted, so lets re-purpose the case, Kirtley
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Davis was most visible as former president
Bill Clintons defender during Clintons
impeachment trials and has more recently
advised controversial clients here and
abroad. Davis said he began offering advice
to Snyder after the lawsuit was filed, but that
Glaser, the lead lawyer, is handling the
actual litigation.
McKenna, who writes for The Washington
Post on a freelance basis, declined to
comment.
Michael Schaffer, City Papers editor, said,
We thought the lawsuit was frivolous when
it was first filed in New York. We still think
its frivolous now in D.C. We stand by our
story and intend to vigorously defend
ourselves.
As for the forgery allegation, Schaffer said a
reasonable reader would regard the claim
as hyperbole, which is also protected speech.
I dont think anyone rationally believes the
CEO of a multibillion-dollar company is
doing the work of front-line workers, but to
say that that CEO has no responsibility for
what his company does is a very dangerous
standard for journalism, Schaffer said.
City Paper is being represented by Floyd Abrams, the prominent First Amendment lawyer
and constitutional scholar.
Snyder has said he will withdraw his suit if City Paper issues an apology and a retraction of
the allegedly false statements. City Paper has declined to do either.
D.C. Superior Court has set a scheduling hearing for July 29.
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Redskins defend decision to sue City Paper
Posted by Mike Florio on February 15, 2011, 7:04 AM EDT
Over the weekend, we questioned whether filing a lawsuit against the Washington City Paper meshes with the
current effort of Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, with the assistance of new P.R. specialist Tony Wyllie, to alter
Snyders image and reputation in the D.C. market. Our point was that Snyders availability to and interaction with
the media during Super Bowl week helps the effort far more than loading up the legal cannon for a fight against a
publication with relatively small readership, especially in light of the national attention the suit has generated.
Wyllie has provided a response on behalf of the Redskins and Snyder.
The lawsuit was a last resort, filed only after much soul searching and looking for any other way to put a stop to
unconscionable personal attacks from a writer who, as far as we know, has never been to a Redskins game, has not
even been in the stadium, and has never met Daniel Snyder, Wyllie told PFT via e-mail. Most importantly, and
an important journalistic point, [Dave] McKenna and [the City Paper] did not call the Redskins for a response or a
fact check before publication of the November article. We saw it for the first time on the day of publication.
6/15/2011
You accurately quote Dans interview with PFT Live as to the reasons for the suit: I understand what heat I take.
But you cant call me a criminal. . . . All they had to do was apologize and run a correction and apology, and they
wouldnt do that.
Obviously, our goal was not to financially cripple a hedge fund with hundreds of millions of dollars under
management. As you say, The real goal could be to put other publications on notice that Snyder will no longer
remain silent when he is criticized with untrue facts serving as the ammo. Add to that abusive personal attacks and
you have a pretty good explanation of the reasoning behind the suit.
I would hope that you as a professional journalist, and in fact I would hope that any true journalist, would join us
in saying there are some lines that should not be crossed.
Finally, I have to challenge your statement that filing a lawsuit allows his critics to paint him as ruthless, short-
sighted, vindictive and/or mean. One might suggest that all those adjectives apply far better to the City Paper
columnist who has written more than 50 columns about Dan in the last eight months.
Which brings me back to your headline, Wrong way to alter Snyders image. True, but thats not the purpose.
But when other means have failed, its a plea for honesty and fairness. I hope you will support those goals.
We definitely support those goals. The media should strive to be honest and fair at all times. And while public
figures have a tougher time establishing defamation due to the requirement of actual malice, that standard can be
met with proof that the publisher of the statements knew the information was false or that the publisher acted with
reckless disregard to the truth or falsity of the statements. The easiest way to prove the absence of a reckless
disregard for the truth is to provide the subject of the piece an opportunity to respond. If, as Wyllie contends, the
City Paper did not contact the Redskins before publishing an apparent opinion piece premised on a slew of negative
facts regarding Snyder, the City Paper could have a big problem if any of those negative facts is not accurate.
All that said, theres a difference between right and reputation. If the Redskins and Snyder believe that false
statements were made about the owner with actual malice, its right to stand up and take action. Even if the
goal isnt, as Wyllie concedes, to use the lawsuit to alter Snyders reputation, the lawsuit against the City Paper will
make Wyllies broader task even tougher.
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1. Canyonero says: Feb 15, 2011 7:15 AM
No, Snyder, you cant cry anti-Semitism and then cram it back in the bottle.
Of course, this comment will probably get posted then arbitrarily deleted, by the crack PFT screening crew,
like half my posts..
Anyway, Snyder is trying to improve his image by justifying a lawsuit that sullied his image? Laughable.
2. chapnastier says: Feb 15, 2011 7:23 AM
The article seemed to do a good job using facts. I mean there were a few sarcastic points in it but for the most
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May 23, 2011, Midnight
Washington Redskins fans no doubt have been enjoying the ongoing
legal battle between team owner Dan Snyder and the Washington
City Paper, which published a disparaging column about Snyder and
his ownership of the Redskins. But Snyders lawsuit against the
newspaper highlights a much more serious issue the need for
federal legislation to protect the First Amendment rights of all
Americans against strategic lawsuits against public participation, or
SLAPPs.
The City Papers column was admittedly harsh but well within the
bounds of free speech, especially about a public figure. Snyder was
understandably angry, but instead of fighting speech with more
speech, he chose to use the courts for his personal revenge.
Whatever you may think of Snyder and the Redskins, the courts are
not the appropriate forum for resolving these sorts of grudges.
Snyders own attorney seemed to acknowledge the true intention of
his lawsuit in a letter to the hedge fund that owns the newspaper, the
original object of his suit. He wrote: Mr. Snyder has more than
sufficient means to protect his reputation and defend himself and his wife against your papers
concerted attempt at character assassination. We presume defending such litigation would not be a
rational strategy for an investment firm such as yours. Indeed, the cost of litigation would presumably
quickly outstrip the value of the Washington City Paper.
This is exactly what SLAPPs are all about. They are used to silence and harass critics by forcing
them to spend countless time and resources defending against them. SLAPPs use the courts as a
weapon to stifle participation in government and chill expression about matters of public interest.
Media organizations are not the only targets of SLAPPs. Countless private citizens have found
themselves hauled into court just for speaking out. For example, a college student in Kalamazoo,
Mich., was sued for starting a Facebook page to complain about a local towing company. A San
Francisco woman was sued for giving her dentist a bad review on Yelp. In North Carolina, a concrete
company sued an association of local residents opposed to construction of a plant in their
community.
Any one of us could find ourselves bogged down in years of discovery, racking up huge legal fees
and living in fear just for speaking our minds. Over half the states have passed legislation to combat
SLAPPs in some form, but a federal solution is needed because these laws vary in their strength and
breadth. Moreover, federal claims in federal court are not subject to state anti-SLAPP laws. Our First
Amendment rights must be protected, regardless of where we live.
Thats why I am drafting bipartisan legislation to provide uniform federal protection against SLAPPs
so that every American will be afforded protection against meritless claims that seek only to harass
and bankrupt them. This bill does not shut the courthouse door to those with valid claims. It merely
provides an expedited process for filtering out suits designed to intimidate and harass citizens
exercising their First Amendment rights.
The PETITION Act, or the Protecting the Expression and Transmission of Ideas and Thoughts In Our
Nation Act, would provide procedural protections to filter groundless cases before the costs and
burden of litigation cause defendants to waive their First Amendment rights by correcting or
silencing themselves as part of a settlement; allow a SLAPP defendant to bring a special motion for
early dismissal and to stay most discovery proceedings pending disposal of the motion; and enable a
defendant who prevails on the special motion to recover fees and costs.
It is interesting to note that even though Snyder, the Redskins and the City Paper are all based in the
Washington region, Snyder originally chose to file his lawsuit in New York. This is probably because
D.C. recently passed strong anti-SLAPP legislation while New York has notoriously weak protections.
Thats why we need uniform federal protection.
Free speech and the right to petition the government are enshrined in the First Amendment and are
vital to a healthy democracy. The twists and turns of the Snyder case can be fun to watch for a
lifelong sports fan like me. But SLAPPs are no laughing matter.
Rep. Steve Cohen is a Democrat who represents Tennessees 9th district.

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FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK - PENDING
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Exhibit 34



Exhibit 35
Snyder Enters Three Year Contract, Estimated at $200
Million with GTE To Provide Specific Marketing
Services
STAMFORD, Conn. and BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Snyder Communications, Inc.
(NYSE: SNC) has entered a three year contract targeting $200 million in revenue with
GTE Communications Corporation (NYSE: GTE) that calls for Snyder to provide specific turn-key,
outsourced marketing services.
Snyder Communications has provided outsourced marketing services to leading telecommunications
companies since 1990. Under this new contract, Snyder Communications will use its proprietary
database of more than 20 million multi-cultural and other households to assist GTE Communications
Corporation, a unit of GTE Corporation in marketing of bundled telecommunications services.
Daniel M. Snyder, Chief Executive Officer of Snyder, said, "We are very pleased and proud to
welcome GTE Communications Corporation into the growing Snyder Communications family of
Fortune 500 clients. This agreement represents a tremendous opportunity for Snyder
Communications that clearly recognizes the value-added nature of our integrated marketing
capabilities. Under this agreement we will build on the tremendous successes we have had using our
field sales and database marketing capabilities to help a growing number of leading consumer
products and services companies increase their market share in market segments, including the
growing, yet hard-to-reach, multi-cultural community.
"Our operating strategy is to provide clients with value-added services which deliver increased
market share in a highly competitive marketplace. This new relationship with GTE Communications
Corporation is a testament to our growing reputation among the Fortune 500 for delivering
customers," Mr. Snyder said.
Clarence F. "Butch" Bercher, President, GTE Communications Corporation, said, "GTE is a leading
provider of telecommunications services. This new relationship with Snyder Communications will
help us aggressively increase our market share in the consumer market. We are all extremely
enthusiastic about the results that will come from bringing Snyder Communications onto our team."
With revenues of more than $21 billion in 1996, GTE Corporation is one of the largest publicly held
telecommunications companies in the world. In the United States, GTE Communications Corporation
offers local and wireless service in 29 states and long-distance service in all 50 states. GTE
Communications Corporation was the first among its peers to offer "one-stop shopping" for local,
long distance and Internet access services.
Outside the United States, where GTE Corporation has operated for more than 40 years, the
company serves approximately 7 million customers. GTE Corporation is also a leader in government
and defense communications systems and equipment, directories and telecommunications-based
information services, and aircraft-passenger telecommunications.
Date: Dec 17, 1997
Words: 588
Publication: PR Newswire
Snyder Communications, Inc. is a leading provider of fully integrated outsourced marketing solutions
primarily for Fortune 500 size companies. Snyder identifies high-value consumer segments; designs
and implements marketing programs to reach them; initiates and closes sales on behalf of its clients;
and provides customer care and retention services. Snyder's resources include proprietary
databases of targeted consumers and small businesses; database management services; medical
detailing; proprietary product sampling programs and publications; marketing program consultants;
field sales representatives; WallBoard(R) information displays; and direct mail and fulfillment
capabilities. Snyder has over 6,800 employees and representatives in offices throughout the United
States, the United Kingdom, Hungary and South Africa.
SOURCE Snyder Communications, Inc.
-0- 12/17/97
/CONTACT: George Lieb, Vice President Investor Relations, investors, 203-965-2462, or Briana
Gowing, media, 972-718-4015, or pager, 800-941-0929, both of GTE Corporation; or Clay Perfall,
Chief Financial Officer of Snyder Communications, investors, 301-571-6270; or Jeffrey Luth, Vice
President, media, or Kathryn Corbett, media, both of Dewe Rogerson, 212-688-6840, for Snyder
Communications/
(SNC GTE)
CO: Snyder Communications, Inc.; GTE Communications Corporation ST: Connecticut, Maryland IN:
FIN TLS SU: CON
SR-ES -- NYW038 -- 2305 12/17/97 06:58 EST http://www.prnewswire.com
COPYRIGHT 1997 PR Newswire Association LLC
Copyright 1997 Gale, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.



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Exhibit 37
Attorney General Bob Butterworth News Release
April 25, 2001
Media Contact: Jennifer Krell Davis
Phone: (850) 245-0150
Companies To Pay $3.1 Million To Settle Slamming Allegations
TALLAHASSEE -- A telecommunications company and its former marketing agent will pay $3.1
million to settle allegations that they switched consumers to the company's long-distance
telephone services without permission, Attorney General Bob Butterworth announced today.
Verizon Select Services Inc., formerly known as GTE Communications Corp., Verizon Florida Inc.,
and Snyder Communications Inc., including Snyder Direct Services Inc. and Snyder
Communications LP, agreed to the payments without admitting any wrongdoing.
The attorney general alleged that unauthorized long-distance provider switching, known
commonly as "slamming," had been carried out by Snyder Communications on behalf of
GTE/Verizon, as well as by the telecommunications company's own sales personnel.
"In the case of Snyder Communications, our investigation revealed thousands of instances in
which the marketing agent's representatives forged customers' signatures to switch them to GTE
long-distance," Butterworth said. "We also found that GTE's own personnel forged signatures
and used deceptive tactics to get consumers to unwittingly switch to GTE long-distance. Those
tactics included telling customers that in order to obtain GTE services such as caller ID and call
waiting they were also required to buy the company's long-distance services."
The allegations were settled through two separate agreements, one calling for Verizon and
Snyder to collectively pay $2.5 million for actions attributable to Snyder representatives and
another calling for Verizon to pay $600,000 for actions attributable to its own sales personnel.
Under the collective Snyder/Verizon agreement, up to $500,000 of the $2.5 million may be applied
to any payments required to resolve an action still pending before the Florida Public Service
Commission.
Both agreements also address consumer complaints that have been satisfied through credits,
rate adjustments, long-distance provider changes and other remedies. The agreements provide
that Verizon will institute a compliance program and training for its employees in Florida. Under
the Snyder/Verizon agreement, Snyder Direct Services, the division of Snyder Communications
which marketed GTEs long-distance in Florida, will shut down and forever cease all operations in
Florida. Snyder Communications has in turn agreed to suspend all in-person solicitations of long-
distance customers for 10 years.
The investigation and agreements were handed by Assistant Attorney General Mark Fistos and
Financial Investigator Jerry Lockwood.



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Exhibit 42
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Florida customers' long distance telephone service without authorization.
The state Attorney General's Office said representatives of Bethesda, Md.-based Snyder Communications forged thousands of customer signatures to switch them to service provided
by GTE, which is now Verizon.
Investigators also found GTE employees forged signatures and ''used deceptive tactics'' to get customers to switch
service.
GTE hired Snyder Communications to market its long distance service in 1998.
The state has received more than 3,000 complaints of ''slamming'' involving Snyder Communications and Verizon, officials
said. The majority of the customers lived in South Florida.
''Slamming'' is the act of unlawfully switching someone's local or long distance telephone service without their consent.
Under the agreement announced Wednesday, Snyder and Verizon must pay $2.5 million to a state trust fund for
investigations and consumer education. Verizon also must pay an additional $600,000.
Snyder, now owned by Paris-based Havas Advertising, told state officials that previous managers are no longer with the
company, including Daniel Snyder.
Verizon has a ''zero tolerance policy'' against slamming, said spokeswoman Briana Gowing.


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Verizon, marketer settle charges
But who will pay most of the $3.1-million ''slamming'' settlement with the Florida attorney general is at
issue.
By SCOTT BARANCIK
St. Petersburg Times, published April 26, 2001
But who will pay most of the $3.1-million "slamming" settlement with the Florida attorney general is at issue.
Verizon Communications and a former subcontractor agreed to pay $3.1-million Wednesday to settle "slamming" allegations
made by Florida's attorney general.
Now, the two companies may fight over who pays the bill.
Under the agreement, Verizon will pay $600,000 to settle charges that its predecessor, GTE, switched consumers to GTE's
long-distance telephone plan without their permission.
In addition, Verizon and Snyder Communications Inc. agreed to pay $2.5-million to resolve allegations that Snyder, a company
hired by GTE to target African-American and Hispanic consumers, had "slammed" thousands more, in many cases by forging
signatures. All $3.1-million is slated to go to the attorney general's legal affairs revolving trust fund.
Verizon spokesman Bob Elek said that while a handful of "overzealous" employees at GTE's Phonemart had in fact slammed
consumers in 1998, most of the slamming that took place was carried out by Snyder's employees and was in fact reported to
regulators by GTE.
As a result, Elek said, Verizon will pay the $600,000 but will refuse to contribute toward the $2.5-million it believes is
Snyder's responsibility. Snyder representatives could not be reached for comment.
"That's something that has to be worked out between our company and Snyder," Elek said.
That's not all that remains unresolved.
In another case stemming from the same slamming dispute, the Florida Public Service Commission accepted a $209,000 offer
from Verizon in July to cover complaints by GTE customers. Later, however, the Florida Office of Public Counsel, which
serves as a consumer advocate for utilities' customers, appealed the settlement, calling the amount insufficient.
That case has not been settled. But Wednesday's agreement with the attorney general would allow Verizon and Snyder to
subtract up to $500,000 from their $2.5-million payment and use it to pay off a future settlement with the Public Service
Commission.
Regardless of who pays how much, Snyder, a Bethesda, Md., subsidiary of France's Havas Advertising, won't be operating in
Florida again any time soon.
Under its agreement with the attorney general's office, the company's long-distance marketing subsidiaries can never again do
business in Florida. And Snyder itself must cease soliciting customers directly for 10 years.
- Scott Barancik can be reached at barancik@sptimes.com or (727) 893-8751.
Copyright, St. Petersburg Times. All rights reserved.



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murky explanations
By ROBERT TRIGAUX
St. Petersburg Times, published April
27, 2001
A helicopter test crew of four was killed
in March 1996 at Sikorsky's plant in
Connecticut. Now a former Clearwater
company blamed for the crash has
settled a long and murky criminal and
civil investigation.
At least to the satisfaction of the lawyers in the case.
In the arcane world of assembling complex military
equipment, it seems, nothing is simple.
Kaydon Corp. made a ball-bearing assembly
supporting the main rotor of giant CH-53E Super
Stallion helicopters. A flaw in that assembly was
pinpointed by military and law enforcement
investigators as the cause of the '96 crash.
For years, Kaydon vigorously denied any wrongdoing
and tried to deflect fault to other subcontractors. The
crash of the Marines' most powerful helicopter --
Sikorsky's worst accident in its 75-year history -- and
the resulting inquiry was chronicled in the St.
Petersburg Times in 1999.
Under the terms of this month's plea agreement,
Kaydon still denies responsibility for the crash.
Kaydon admits its employees faked tests on the same
type of part blamed in the crash -- just not on the
particular assembly used in that ill-fated helicopter.
Investigators did find defects undetected by Kaydon in
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Kaydon offered little assistance.
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case could have dragged on for years.
On the Yahoo message board dedicated to Kaydon,
the company's pleadings did not go unnoticed.
"Shame on you Kaydon," wrote "cynthia7889" this
month. "Pleading guilty in federal court to FAKING
QUALITY-CONTROL TESTS. We wondered if they
have done this before?"
The helicopter, the Marines' most powerful craft, had
been scheduled for delivery to the White House fleet.
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STRIKE 2? What is it about Florida and its Major
League Baseball teams? After reports of a revolt
against general partner Vince Naimoli by his fellow
team owners, USA Today reported online Thursday
that the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are for sale. And
Major League Baseball commissioner "Bud" Selig --
my, what a slick lobbyist -- is threatening to move or
kill the Florida Marlins franchise in South Florida if
state legislators don't cough up enough money to help
build a new stadium. No baseball team has moved for
30 years. All this, and the baseball season's less than a
month old. . . .
WHO'S SLAMMING WHOM? The state Attorney
General's office tweaked Verizon and its former
marketing agent called Snyder Communications with a
record total fine of $3.1-million over thousands of
cases of "slamming" -- switching long-distance service
without a customer's permission. And just who is
Snyder? When the slamming occurred, the company
was run by Daniel Snyder -- who leveraged his
corporate wealth to buy the Washington Redskins
football team. . . .
WHY DIDN'T FLORIDA BANKERS SAY THAT?
Bank of America chief Hugh McColl formally retired
Wednesday with a parting comment that should hit a
nerve in Florida -- where banks based in other states
control the state market. "Let's be honest," he told the
Charlotte Observer about the proposed merger of
North Carolina's First Union and Wachovia banking
companies: "We would not like to see one of our
banks taken over by an out-of-state operation." . . .
WHEN BURGERS FAIL: Sure, he used to be CEO of
Checkers Drive-In Restaurants. But can he run a real
burger joint? Albert J. DiMarco and three partners
borrowed $15-million in 1999 to open 41 Checkers &
Rally's fast-food outlets across the Midwest. The
foursome found itself overwhelmed by the $200,000
monthly payments. In January, DiMarco closed his
burger empire and filed for bankruptcy. . . .
WHO'S SHRINKING FASTER? Clearwater tech
company IMRglobal said Thursday its quarterly
earnings of $675,000 was less than half that of a year
ago. Canadian company CGI Inc., which is buying
IMRglobal, this week said its quarterly earnings fell
35 percent from a year ago to $15.2-million.
- Robert Trigaux can be reached at trigaux@sptimes.com or



Exhibit 45
4/26/01 Palm Beach Post 1D
2001 WLNR 1616244
Palm Beach Post (FL)
Copyright (c) 2001, The Palm Beach Post
April 26, 2001
Section: BUSINESS
VERIZON, MARKETER SLAMMED WITH FINE
Deborah Circelli Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
The state Attorney General's Office on Wednesday imposed a record total fine of $3.1 million against Verizon
and its former marketing agent over thousands of cases of switching long-distance service without a customer's
permission.
The agency found that representatives of Snyder Communications, which at the time was owned by Washing-
ton Redskins owner Daniel Snyder and based in Bethesda, Md., forged thousands of customer signatures to
switch them to long-distance service from GTE, which is now Verizon, state officials said. GTE hired Snyder
Communications to market its long-distance service in 1998.
Investigators also found that from 1997 to 1999, GTE's own personnel "forged signatures and used deceptive
tactics" to get customers to switch.
The majority of the customers whose service was switched - a practice known as "slamming" - were in Palm
Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
"We want to make it very clear that this is not acceptable behavior in the state of Florida and there will be
harsh consequences if this happens," said Assistant Attorney General Mark Fistos. "Just because it is called
slamming does not mean it's a lesser offense.
"Taking someone's money under false pretenses and forgery are serious violations in this state," he said.
The Office of Public Counsel, which is conducting its own investigation along with the Public Service Com-
mission, said the state has received more than 3,000 slamming complaints involving Snyder and Verizon.
The agreement announced Wednesday by the Attorney General's Office calls for Snyder and Verizon to pay
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$2.5 million to a state trust fund for investigations and consumer education. Verizon also must pay an additional
$600,000.
Under the agreement, Snyder Director Services, a Snyder division that had an office in West Palm Beach, is
barred from future operations in Florida. Also, Snyder Communications is prohibited from conducting any in-
person solicitations, such as at malls and shopping centers, for 10 years.
The company's eight Florida offices already have been shut down.
Verizon spokeswoman Briana Gowing said the telecommunications company has a "zero tolerance policy" for
slamming. Snyder, which is now owned by Paris-based Havas Advertising, assured the Attorney General's Of-
fice in the agreement that previous managers, including Daniel Snyder, are no longer involved in the company.
The Attorney General's Office is in the process of investigating three other slamming cases, but declined to re-
veal further details.
The PSC is investigating slamming complaints against six companies: Qwest Communications Corp.; OLS
Inc.; WebNet Communications; ATN, which does business as Amtel Network; Talk.com Holding Corp., which
does business as Network Services and The Phone Company; and The Other Phone Company, an affiliate of The
Phone Company, which also does business as Access One Communications.
deborah_circelli@pbpost.com
---- INDEX REFERENCES ---
COMPANY: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS; QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC
NEWS SUBJECT: (Judicial (1JU36); Legal (1LE33); Major Corporations (1MA93))
INDUSTRY: (Telecom Carriers & Operators (1TE56); Long-Distance Services (1LO42); Telecom (1TE27);
Telecom Services (1TE09); Manufacturing (1MA74))
REGION: (USA (1US73); Americas (1AM92); Florida (1FL79); North America (1NO39))
Language: EN
OTHER INDEXING: (GTE; HAVAS; INC; MARKETER; OFFICE OF PUBLIC COUNSEL; PSC; PUBLIC
SERVICE COMMISSION; QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORP; SNYDER COMMUNICATIONS;
SNYDER DIRECTOR SERVICES; VERIZON; WEBNET COMMUNICATIONS; ATN) (Assistant Attorney;
Briana Gowing; Daniel Snyder; Mark Fistos; Snyder) (FL ATTORNEY RECORD; FINE US BUSINESS TELE-
PHONE FRAUD)
EDITION: FINAL
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Word Count: 587
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Exhibit 46
4/26/01 Tampa Trib. (Fla.) 1
2001 WLNR 654638
Tampa Tribune (FL)
Copyright 2001 Tampa Tribune.
April 26, 2001
Section: BUSINESS & FINANCE
VERIZON SETTLES SLAMMING INQUIRY
CHERIE JACOBS
TAMPA - Investigators say Verizon employees forged signatures and lied to customers to woo them to their
long-distance service.
Verizon Florida and its former marketing company on Wednesday paid $3.1 million to settle allegations they
illegally switched customers' long-distance carriers.
Employees of Verizon Florida Inc. - then called GTE - forged signatures and lied to customers to get them to
switch to GTE's long-distance service in 1998, the Florida Attorney General's Office said.
The fine is among the largest in the United States for the practice called "slamming." MCI WorldCom paid a
$3.5 million fine in June to the Federal Communications Commission.
Neither Verizon nor Snyder Communications, its former marketing firm, admitted guilt.
Verizon cooperated with the three-year investigation, and Snyder can never operate in Florida again, said As-
sistant Attorney General Mark Fistos.
"When you lie to people and attempt to take their money, we're going to take that very seriously," Fistos said.
Snyder Communications, then based in Bethesda, Md., had a contract with GTE to target customers by phone
and in person to choose GTE's long-distance service in 1998. Instead, Snyder forged signatures and switched
customers to GTE's long-distance service without their permission, Fistos said.
Verizon severed its ties to Snyder in late 1998.
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At the same time, several GTE employees in the company's Phone Marts lied to customers to get them to
switch to GTE long-distance, Fistos said.
"They were a little overzealous in their sales practices," said Verizon spokeswoman Briana Gowing. They no
longer work for the phone company, she said. The settlement is in two parts. The first, for $2.5 million, was
paid jointly by Verizon and Snyder. The second, for the Phone Mart workers, was $600,000 paid solely by Veri-
zon.
The money goes to support consumer education programs and attorney general investigations.
The Snyder case is similar to one pending before the Florida Public Service Commission, though it involves
different laws, said Charlie Beck, deputy public counsel.
The PSC wanted to fine Verizon $209,000 for 209 slamming complaints because of Snyder. The public coun-
sel protested the fine. The matter is set for a hearing June 1 before three of the five members of the PSC.
Since the slamming complaints, Verizon has a no-slamming tolerance policy and has revamped its training,
Gowing said.
GTE, the dominant local phone company in the Tampa Bay area, became Verizon last year when Bell Atlantic
bought it.
---- INDEX REFERENCES ---
COMPANY: BELL ATLANTIC CORP; VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC; MCI WORLDCOM INC; VE-
RIZON FLORIDA INC; FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
NEWS SUBJECT: (Business Lawsuits & Settlements (1BU19); Major Corporations (1MA93))
INDUSTRY: (Long-Distance Services (1LO42); Telecom (1TE27); Telecom Services (1TE09); Manufacturing
(1MA74))
REGION: (USA (1US73); Americas (1AM92); Florida (1FL79); North America (1NO39))
Language: EN
OTHER INDEXING: (BELL ATLANTIC; FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; FLORIDA PUB-
LIC SERVICE COMMISSION; GTE; MCI WORLDCOM; PSC; SNYDER; SNYDER COMMUNICATIONS;
VERIZON; VERIZON FLORIDA INC) (Briana Gowing; Charlie Beck; Fistos; Gowing; Mark Fistos)
EDITION: Final
Word Count: 510
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Exhibit 47
4/27/01 Comm. Daily (Pg. Unavail. Online)
2001 WLNR 5646902
Communications Daily
(c) WARREN PUBLISHING INC. All Rts. Reserv.
April 27, 2001
Verizon and Fla. Attorney General's Office reached agreement
Verizon and Fla. Attorney General's Office reached agreement
to settle interexchange slamming charges from 1998 against former
GTE Fla. and certain GTE sales agents that Verizon inherited when
it acquired GTE. Under settlement, Verizon will pay $3.1 million
penalty, require 3rd party verification of all interexchange
provider changes and reinforce its antislamming policies with both
in-house salespeople and any sales agents it hires. AG also
permanently revoked Fla. business license of former GTE sales
agent involved in many of slamming incidents, Snyder
Communications, and prohibited Snyder from ever marketing anything
to Fla. residents. Verizon said it cooperated fully with
investigation. It said problems "were cleared up more than 2
years ago" and said company stopped using Snyder in Nov. 1998.
---- INDEX REFERENCES ---
COMPANY: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS
NEWS SUBJECT: (Judicial (1JU36); Legal (1LE33); Major Corporations (1MA93))
INDUSTRY: (Telecom Carriers & Operators (1TE56); Telecom (1TE27); Manufacturing (1MA74))
Language: EN
OTHER INDEXING: (AG; GTE; VERIZON) (Attorney; Snyder; Snyder Communications)
Word Count: 162
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Slamming fine for Verizon approved
State regulators say the $209,000 penalty
is sufficient, but the agreement's critics
vow to seek harsher action.
By MICHAEL BRAGA
St. Petersburg Times, published July 12, 2000
The Florida Public Service Commission accepted a
$209,000 offer Tuesday from Verizon Communications
to cover customer complaints that its predecessor, GTE,
illegally changed their long-distance telephone service
without permission.
But critics say the phone company and its marketing
company, Snyder Communications Inc., are getting off
too easily for the practice known as "slamming," and
they vow to appeal the Public Service Commission's
decision.
"This is just a tentative decision, and we will contest it,"
says Charlie Beck, deputy public counsel for the Florida
Office of Public Counsel, which represents the interests
of Florida consumers. "We believe GTE knew what was
going on a long time before they did anything about it."
The matter was originally referred to the Public Service
Commission after 209 people said GTE had switched
their long-distance service without authorization
between December 1997 and September 1999.
But GTE, which has since merged with Bell Atlantic to
form Verizon, denied its employees had perpetrated any
illegal act. Instead, the company blamed Snyder
Communications, a publicly traded, Maryland-based
company. Calls to Snyder's headquarters in Bethesda
were not returned.
To resolve the matter, GTE already has paid a total of
$20,000 to the consumers who filed the complaints.




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Now, Verizon must pay $209,000 -- $1,000 per
complaint -- to the Florida's General Revenue Fund.
The Public Service Commission staff said that first-time
slamming offenders have paid anywhere from $800 to
$2,127 per violation over the past two years, and that
$1,000 per violation was reasonable in GTE's case.
Beck, however, says the penalty should be higher
because Snyder Communications "was involved in the
forgery of customer signatures. And GTE was aware
that the forgeries were going on for a long time before
they stopped using Snyder as its direct marketing
company."
Since 1997, the state attorney general's office has been
investigating Snyder Communications on allegations of
forgery, theft and schemes to defraud
telecommunication customers. As part of its settlement,
Verizon promised that it would not allow Snyder
Communications to interact with its customers in the
future. But Verizon has not broken all ties with the
company.
"We still have a contract with Snyder," says Verizon
spokeswoman Briana Gowing. "We use them for some
back office work. But they do not do any face-to-face
marketing for us."
For its part, Snyder Communications continues to
advertise on its Snyder.com Web site that GTE
Communications is one of its principal customers.
Says Gowing: "We told them to take that off."
PSC commissioner Clark to resign this
month
TALLAHASSEE -- Utility regulator Susan Clark said
Tuesday she will resign from Florida's Public Service
Commission at the end of the month to practice law.
Clark, who makes $117,000 a year as a member of the
regulatory panel, said she was ready for a change. She
said she planned to pursue a career in private practice.
Clark was appointed to the PSC in 1991, then was
reappointed twice. Her current four-year term would
have run until 2003. Gov. Jeb Bush was to appoint
Clark's successor from a list of candidates that a
nominating commission will prepare.



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