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TWINS STADIUM VOTE "DOOMED TO FAILURE," LEGISLATOR SAYS

          MN House leaders have told Gov. Arne Carlson's aides
     that the votes "are not there to pass any kind of stadium
     bill at an October special session," according to Robert
     Whereatt of the Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE.  House Majority
     Leader Ted Winter said Wednesday that he told Carlson's top
     aides, "if you push the special session on Oct. 20, you're
     doomed to failure."  Carlson: "The moment of truth has come. 
     I still intend to call a special session.  I think that all
     legislators should vote on it."  Meanwhile, NC-based
     Wachovia Bank VP Tim Newman, who is COO for NC business exec
     Don Beaver's group, said that "no offer has been submitted"
     to Twins Owner Carl Pohlad.  Beaver is attending the Ryder
     Cup in Spain and isn't expected back in NC until early next
     week (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 9/25).  
          ALL A BLUFF? Clark Griffith, son of former Twins Owner
     Calvin Griffith, who plans to offer $80M to keep the team in
     MN, told the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER that Pohlad "has no interest
     whatsoever" in the team moving.  Griffith: "He has no
     interest in selling, he only has an interest in having
     someone provide him with what he can claim is a valid offer
     to move the team."  Griffith, on his offer: "$80 million is
     the right number for the team, anything more would be
     profligate.  But you cannot properly protect yourself from
     the irrational investor"  CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 9/25).  

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