Merritt's

Is this a show of gratitude by Wall Street cronies to Merritt's Dad for greasing them with the TARP billions?

Lents Park on a late spring evening: beautiful (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Unfortunately they've collected their city paychecks, and then taken summer jobs as Merritt's pool boys.

Lents Park on a late spring evening: beautiful (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

At this point Shawn Levy steps in and manages to speak even with his lips planted firmly on Merritt's ass.

Portland "ugly" and "minor-league" to Sports Illustrated (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Merritt's pater did the same thing with the federal bail-out plan.

How much rent can Paulson afford to pay? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

You see, we had to take cover on all the other shady and reckless spending going on at the time, like the millions in "consulting" fees to our buddies on the CC hotel sham, and all our out-sourced studies on my best friend Merritt's new stadium (which I WILL shove through, one way or the other, damn it) and our $100M over-budget city computer system.

Trust me (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Don't worry about the cobwebs on Merritt's patio furniture.

"Everyman Paulson might leave if he doesn't get his way" (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Maybe Randy did mean "his [Merritt's] new baseball stadium" because the public funding for it is off the table, along with the vaunted Paulson Family Guarantee.

City Hall death rattle (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Him: Note to self - get Lavonne on the guest list of all Merritt's social gatherings.

What were they thinking? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Just don't confuse it with Merritt's "five-foot boa constrictor in his home office," eh?

Lents stadium foes to meet Wednesday night (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

I think it ties in with Merritt's own moves, because one of the selling points in all this has been our enhanced reputation.

Isn't it rich? Don't you approve? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009