Except Lyash, Progress Energy execs not on coalition board

I have heard from several people now who are questioning the still unformed baseball coalition based on its incorporating documents on file with the Florida Department of State. Those documents list Jeff Lyash as president of the group, formally called A Baseball Community Inc., and two other Progress Energy executives (who don't live in St. Petersburg) as the group's only other officers.

Some have wondered if that means this group will be a pawn for the local energy company.

Interim coalition spokeswoman Melissa Seixas (also a Progress Energy employee) says no: "With the exception of Jeff as the coalition chairman, the other officers are temporary and will be replaced with permanent members of the coalition once they are selected," Seixas responded to Ballpark Frankness via e-mail. Even Seixas expects to have her duties transferred to someone else at some point.

Comments

[Rick K]

Aaron, I am thankful this is merely a blog post, rather than a full article in the paper. I guess there is some merit in posting whatever spin the ANTI's come up with, whether it be a ridiculous straw man argument in the form of a doctored image outside the scope of reasonable expectations, or complaints about an obvious temporary set up.

I guess you are doing us all a favor by killing, one by one, the various pointless distractions of the ANTI's. But I can't help noticing that it makes you look like they have you on a leash.

[Paul]

The Kinks: Paranoia

Sing it Rick. Its your theme song.

Lyash, Myash.