I need to clear something up

We've written a lot about Steve Mason, and the Sentinel's story listed him as "Orlando Weekly's attorney" in today's paper. That could give the impression that he's been our attorney for a long time, and presents a huge conflict of interest. So here are the facts related to that situation.

Steve had never done any OW related work until yesterday afternoon. I was on the phone with him when I found out about the arrests, when at the same time the publisher called me to ask me if I had any local attorneys who could help us out. So I put Steve, who knows the MBI's tactics better than anyone, in touch with Rick. I do not know if OW has put Steve on retainer for this case. I know there have been talks to that end, but that decision-making is above my pay grade. But Steve was trying yesterday to help us figure out what was going on, and as such he did talk to the MBI and the media on our behalf.

Posted by Billman on 10/20/2007 10:31:17 AM Permalink | Comments: 0