Thursday, February 23, 2012

Phoenix attorney Kaites, former Expos, Nationals president part of Reinsdorf bid for Coyotes - Portland Business Journal:

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Reinsdorf, who owns the Chicago Bulls andWhite Sox, is the lead name on the $148 millio offer for the team, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie earlier made a $213 milliohn offer to buy the hockey team and move it to Ontario. Reinsdorf put in his bid Friday alongywith Kaites. Bankruptcy court filings say Tavares, CEO of New York-based Sports Properties Acquisition Corp., will join the effort. Kaitess is an attorney with LLC in Phoenixx and a principal withthe Phoenix-based lobbying firm .
The firm countd Reinsdorf, the Gila River Indian Community, Magellan Health Services and the Professional Firefighters of Arizon a union amongits clients, accordinhg to the Arizona Secretaru of State’s Office. Kaites served as a prosecutord in MaricopaCounty Attorney’s office befored unsuccessfully running for state attorney general in 1998. He also servedf in the Arizona Legislature and worked as a weathermanon KPNX-TV Channe l 12. Kaites has been a political allyof U.S. Sen. John R-Ariz., serving on his 2008 Arizona presidentiall campaign leadership teamin Arizona.
Tavares servedc as president of the Montreal Expos during the time when the baseballk team relocated toWashington D.C. and became the

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