Paulson Capital News

The idea is a surprising one: Put it next to Madison High School [PDF] off NE 82nd Avenue in the Roseway neighborhood.

An alert reader has wrested from the City of Portland a budget and a description of the construction plans for the proposed remodeling of PGE Park to dedicate it exclusively to "major league" soccer.

A thoughtful reader wrote us yesterday: There are a couple of problems with the story that was posted earlier this afternoon on the Portland Tribune's website regarding the city council's vote today on separating negotiations for MLS soccer from those for Triple-A baseball.

Leonard says he was embarrassed by the reception Paulson got in Lents last night, but suggested that Paulson calm down and re-think his decision.

An alert reader sends along a copy of a message -- or at least a draft of one -- apparently sent earlier today from the chair of the Lents "urban renewal" citizen advisory board: From: Ocana-Chiu, Juan Carlos To: Adams, Sam; Leonard, Randy; Fish, Nick; Fritz, Amanda; Saltzman, Dan Cc: Wilhoite, Charles; Andrews, Scott; Ferran, Bertha; Mohlis, John; ...

As we sit back and gaze in wonder at the political disaster area known as the Paulson stadiums deal, let's not overlook the heroes in the scene.

The city of Portland may not be showing much interest in keeping baseball, but baseball wants to stay in Portland.

So, let me see if I have this straight. I've gotten things wrong before. After attempting to romance the process, Merritt Paulson's apparently no longer going to try to put the Beavos in Lents Park .

The mayor's staffer Amy Ruiz just called to confirm that Merritt Paulson withdrew his proposal for a Lents baseball stadium at 11 10:58, citing lack of community support.

Portland Beavers and Timbers owner Merritt Paulson has withdrawn his proposal to build a baseball stadium in Portland's Lents neighborhood.

I was struck this morning by the contrast between the approach local officials seem to be taking to the soccer/baseball projects and the new TriMet bridge.

Hank Paulson's son , that's who! Direct from the Beaver's mouth : Very soon, Portland will make a once-in-a-generation decision.

In Portland, we have "do process" -- there's no limit to what the city will "do" to its citizens to make sure that dissident voices are ignored, are subverted to look as though they support whatever scam the politicians and bureaucrats are into at the moment, or are jerked around with procedural maneuvers to prevent them from getting organized in ...

What's next? Public funding for a store selling French ribbed turtlenecks? Subsidy for a Belgian man-purse factory? Matt, this is Portland.

Fireman Randy's blog has a new drawing of the Lents Park pro baseball stadium up, and it's got not one but two parking lots, with 360 parking places all told.

KXL Radio is reporting a couple of interesting things this afternoon on the infamous Paulson stadiums deal.

John Canzano's column in Monday's Sports section on Merritt Paulson's efforts to bring a Major League Soccer team to Portland was unclear in its description of Paulson's investment.

LOS ANGELES, June 3 CA-M-West-Holdings LOS ANGELES , /PRNewswire/ -- Diversified commercial real estate investment firm M West Holdings, LLC is pleased to announce two new hires, Andrew Paulson as Asset Manager and Matthew Ellis as Vice President.

ICOP Digital, Inc. , an industry-leading company engaged in advancing digital surveillance technology solutions, announced today the completion of a secondary offering with gross proceeds of $2,990,000. This offering is scheduled to close on Friday, June 5, 2009.

A schematic of Saputo Stadium in Montreal, Canada. For months we've had to endure all of the twists and turns connected with the proposed deal to bring Major League Soccer to Portland.