The Seattle PI of July 1, 2008has an article about the arguments in the federal trial by the City of Seattle against the Sonic basketball group. This is what it reports about an exchange between Judge Pechman and Paul Lawrence for the City: Judge: Mr. Lawrence, answer my question Lawrence: I’m trying to Judge: Did the mayor ever call Mr. Bennett back and say let’s sit down, let’s talk about this and see what we can do? Lawrence: The mayor……
Malcom Gladwell’s book Blink about how choices are made explained the workings of the unconscious mind process. It demonstrated how we form our opinions and make our decisions at a level we are not even conscious about and can’t intellectually access. Now there is a report of a study which dealt with scanning the brains of people making simple decisions. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal (June 27, 2008) scientists discovered that brain appears to make a…
The lawsuit by the City against the Sonics basketball club has been tried to a federal judge without a jury for the past week. The Seattle PI today points out that the lease, which is the subject of the controversy,had a clause requiring the loser to pay attorney fees and costs. The paper reports that former senator SladeGorton is being paid at $685 per hour to advise the city and their trial lawyer Paul Lawrence is paid at $420. It…