GaryMrMets
03-20-2003, 07:17 PM
Officials Trying to Lure Expos Cancel Trip to Phoenix
NEW YORK -- The top government officials from the areas trying to lure the Montreal Expos won't attend presentations this week to baseball's committee evaluating the team's future.
Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, District of Columbia Mayor Anthony Williams and D.C. Council chairman Linda Cropp canceled plans to travel to Phoenix, as did Vera Katz, the mayor of Portland, Ore.
They all cited concerns about the possibility of war with Iraq.
Northern Virginia's delegation will include Rep. Tom Davis and representatives of the Virginia Baseball Authority. Washington's group includes Deputy Mayor Eric Prince and Council members Harold Brazil and Jack Evans, and Portland's includes city Planning Director Gil Kelley and City Project Manager David Logsdon.
Bob DuPuy, chief operating officer in the commissioner's officer, heads the baseball delegation, which includes Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf.
NEW YORK -- The top government officials from the areas trying to lure the Montreal Expos won't attend presentations this week to baseball's committee evaluating the team's future.
Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, District of Columbia Mayor Anthony Williams and D.C. Council chairman Linda Cropp canceled plans to travel to Phoenix, as did Vera Katz, the mayor of Portland, Ore.
They all cited concerns about the possibility of war with Iraq.
Northern Virginia's delegation will include Rep. Tom Davis and representatives of the Virginia Baseball Authority. Washington's group includes Deputy Mayor Eric Prince and Council members Harold Brazil and Jack Evans, and Portland's includes city Planning Director Gil Kelley and City Project Manager David Logsdon.
Bob DuPuy, chief operating officer in the commissioner's officer, heads the baseball delegation, which includes Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf.